French and English: nickname for a wild or uncouth person, from
Middle English, Old French salvage, sauvage ‘untamed’
(Late Latin salvaticus, a derivative of Latin silva
‘wood’, influenced by Latin salvus ‘whole’, i.e. natural).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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