Where does “salts” come from?

salts (Catalan) comes from Catalan salt, from Old Catalan salt, from Latin saltus, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salts (Catalan): plural of salt

Definitions

  1. plural of salt

Ancestry of “salts”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalansaltjump; waterfall
2Old Catalansalt
3LatinsaltusA leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain...
4Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl