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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | Copyright

savage that is in a state of nature XIII; of wild or unrestrained behavior XV; uncivilized XVI; furiously angry XIX; sb. XVI. ME. sa(u)vage — (O)F. sauvage (AN. also savage):- Rom. *salvāticus, for L. silvāticus woodland-, wild, f. silva wood, forest; see -AGE.
Hence savagery XVI.

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