Morpheme
Salvage
Type
free base
Denotation
summary execution, extrajudicial killing
Etymology
borrowed into Philippine English from Tagalog salbahe, from (1) Spanish salvaje; Catalan salvatge, sauvatge; Latin silvāticus, from silva + -āticus but (2) confused with English salvage (obsolete spelling of savage)
Evidence
salvage, salvaged, salvages, salvaging
