fem. proper name, literally "inhabiting woods," from Latin silva "wood, forest" (see sylvan). Also the genus name of warblers, hence adjective Sylvian.
sylph
sylphid
sylvan
Sylvanus
Sylvester
Sylvia
sym-
Symbionese
symbiosis
symbiotic
symbol
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