Etymograph

English

Silva

Silva comes from Latin silva ‘forest’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsilva‘forest’
  2. Portuguesec. 1500–presentSilva
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsilva‘forest’
  2. Portuguesec. 1500–presentSilva
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sel- ‘jump, spring’

result, sale, salmon, insult, sally, salon, exile, salle, salient, resilient, somersault, salacious, slink, sill, seel, selly, 19 more

through Latin silva ‘forest’

savage, salvage, sylvan, selva, 7 more

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin silva / Silva

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