Where does “salímetre” come from?
salímetre (Catalan) comes from Catalan sal, from Old Occitan sal, from Latin saltus, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
salímetre (Catalan): salimeter
Ancestry of “salímetre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | sal | salt |
| 2 | Old Occitan | sal | — |
| 3 | Latin | saltus | A leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain... |
| 4 | Latin | saliō | — |
| 5 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |