Etymograph

English

Wildian

From Wild + -ian.

Formed from Wild + -ian

Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz ‘wild’

Proto-West Germanic *wilþī ‘wild’

Old English wilde ‘wild, savage’

Middle English weilde

English Wild

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to John Daniel Wild (1902–1972), American philosopher, an important proponent of existentialism and phenomenology.

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