selvaggio

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
sel‧vàg‧gio
Pronounced as (IPA)
/selˈvad.d͡ʒo/
Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan salvatge, from Vulgar Latin *salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus (“of the woods”). Doublet of the inherited selvatico. Compare Sicilian sarbaggiu, Spanish salvaje, Portuguese selvagem, Catalan salvatge, Piedmontese salvaj.

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