Where does “saluut” come from?
saluut (Dutch) comes from French salut, from Old French salut, from Latin salūtem, from Proto-Indo-European sōlh₂- — mercy, comfort; comfort, mercy.
saluut (Dutch): goodbye
Ancestry of “saluut”, step by step
saluut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French salut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | salut | hi, hello; bye, goodbye; wave |
| 2 | Old French | salut | — |
| 3 | Latin | salūtem | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sōlh₂- | mercy, comfort; comfort, mercy |
via Latin salūtō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | salūtō | to preserve, keep safe |
| 2 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
Words derived from “saluut”