sylvan
One who resides in the woodsOne who resides in the woods.
» For a time absolute silence brooded upon the sylvan scene, save for the humming of insects and the twittering of birds.
Meaning
2 sensesOne who resides in the woods.
a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods
A fabled deity of the wood; a faun, a satyr.
Examples
1 sentencesFor a time absolute silence brooded upon the sylvan scene, save for the humming of insects and the twittering of birds.
Origin
Borrowed from Medieval Latin sylvanus, possibly via Middle French sylvain, from Latin silvBorrowed from Medieval Latin sylvanus, possibly via Middle French sylvain, from Latin silvanus, cognate with Latin Silvānus (“Roman god of the woods”), from silva (“forest”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). The ⟨y⟩ in sylvanus and its descendants is due to influence from Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē, “wood, matter”), transliterated in the Latin style as hyle. Analysable as sylva (“silva”) + -an.
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