English
Savagean
From Savage + -an.
Formed from Savage + -an
Latin silva ‘forest’
Latin silvāticus ‘wild’
Late Latin salvāticus
Old French sauvage ‘wild, untamed’
Middle English savage ‘savage, barbaric, unmannered, primitive’
English Savage
Today it means
adj Of or relating to Leonard Jimmie Savage (1917–1971), American mathematician and statistician.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Savagean