Silvanus
Latin
proper noun
Definitions
- (religion) A deity presiding over woods and all places planted with trees, the god of woods.
- SilvanusSilvanus; a Roman cognomen, or surname
Etymology
Suffix from Latin silva (forest, wood, woods).
Origin
Latin
silva
Gloss
forest, wood, woods
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
森
Emoji
🐗 🐺 🦌
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Silvanus English
- silva English
- silvicolous English
- Silvana Latin
- silva Latin
- silvaticus Latin
- silvicola Latin
- silviger Latin
- Silvia Italian
- selva Italian
- sylve French
- Silvia Spanish, Castilian
- selva Spanish, Castilian
- silvicultor Spanish, Castilian
- silvicultura Spanish, Castilian
- *sel- Proto-Indo-European
- *swel- Proto-Indo-European
- Silvia Portuguese
- selva Portuguese
- silvicultura Portuguese
- Sylwia Polish
- selve Old French
- selva Catalan, Valencian
- silvă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- silva Old Portuguese
- selva Asturian
- selve Friulian