Where does “salami” come from?
salami (Catalan) comes from Italian salami, from Italian salame, from Italian sale, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
salami (Catalan): salami
Ancestry of “salami”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | salami | plural of salame |
| 2 | Italian | salame | salami |
| 3 | Italian | sale | salt, sal; plural of sala; third-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |