English
Sylvester
Sylvester comes from Latin sylvester ‘woody, rural’, and goes back to silva ‘wood’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsilva‘wood’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsylvester‘woody, rural’
- EnglishtodaySylvester
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsilva‘wood’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsylvester‘woody, rural’
- EnglishtodaySylvester
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sel- ‘jump, spring’
result, sale, salmon, insult, sally, salon, exile, resilient, salle, salient, sill, salacious, slink, somersault, seel, selly, 18 more
through Latin silva ‘wood’
Today it means
name A male given name from Latin used in English since the sixteenth century.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin silva / Sylvester