Where does “fruitsalade” come from?
fruitsalade (Dutch) comes from Dutch salade, from Middle Dutch salade, from Middle French salade, from Old French salade, from Italian salada, from Vulgar Latin salata, from Latin Salo, from Latin saliō — salt.
fruitsalade (Dutch): fruit salad
Definitions
- fruit salad
Ancestry of “fruitsalade”, step by step
fruitsalade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch salade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | salade | salad; lettuce; A sallet, a salade |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | salade | — |
| 3 | Middle French | salade | — |
| 4 | Old French | salade | — |
| 5 | Italian | salada | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | salata | salted |
| 7 | Latin | Salo | that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón |
| 8 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 9 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |
via Dutch fruit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | fruit | fruit produced by trees or bushes, or any sweet vegetable; only literal sense |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | fruut | — |
| 3 | Old French | fruit | fruit |
| 4 | Latin | frūctus | enjoyed; having derived pleasure from |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δῶρον | gift; hand's width |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | dṓron | gift |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₃rom | gift |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |