Where does “salon” come from?
salon (Cebuano) comes from Spanish salón, from Spanish -ón, from English -ön, from English -one, from English ketone, from German Keton, from German Aketon, from French acétone — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
salon (Cebuano): a ballroom; a large room used for dancing and...
Definitions
- a ballroom; a large room used for dancing and...
Ancestry of “salon”, step by step
salon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish salón
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | salón | living room, front room, sitting room, parlor,... |
| 2 | Spanish | -ón | emphasizes that something is large, grand,... |
| 3 | English | -ön | Forming nouns denoting subatomic particles and quanta |
| 4 | English | -one | a ketone; any similar compound containing a... |
| 5 | English | ketone | A homologous series of organic molecules whose... |
| 6 | German | Keton | ketone |
| 7 | German | Aketon | acetone |
| 8 | French | acétone | acetone |
| 9 | Latin | acētum | vinegar |
| 10 | French | -ate | ate |
| 11 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |
via English salon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | salon | A large room, especially one used to receive and... |
| 2 | French | salon | living room |
| 3 | Italian | salone | sitting room, living room, lounge; reception... |
| 4 | Italian | sala | room; hall; axis |
| 5 | Latin | Sala | IJssel river |
| 6 | Zulu | isala | bunch of feathers, worn on the back of the head |
| 7 | Persian | انشاءالله | — |
| 8 | Arabic | إن شاء الله | God willing; inshallah, if it is God’s will; it... |