Latin
silva
‘forest’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin silva.
11 English words in this record descend from Latin silva, most familiar first.
- savage ← sauvage ← salvāticus ← silvāticus
- silva
- salvage ← salvaje ← salvatge ← salvatge ← *salvāticus
- sylvan ← sylvanus ← silvanus
- selva
- siwash ← sauvage ← sauvage ← salvāticus ← silvāticus
- sylvatic ← silvaticus
- silvicolous
- silvics
- silvology
- silvatic ← silvāticus
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Etymograph / Latin silva