English
Silves
Silves comes from Old Galician-Portuguese Silve, and goes back to Latin Cilpe.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CECilpe
- Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500Silve
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentSilves
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CECilpe
- Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500Silve
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentSilves
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Latin Cilpe
Today it means
name A city and municipality of Faro District, Portugal.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Cilpe / Silves