Where does “slacentrifuge” come from?
slacentrifuge (Dutch) comes from Dutch sla, 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 — salt.
slacentrifuge (Dutch): salad spinner
Definitions
- salad spinner
Ancestry of “slacentrifuge”, step by step
slacentrifuge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch sla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | sla | lettuce; salad |
| 2 | Dutch | salade | salad; lettuce; A sallet, a salade |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | salade | — |
| 4 | Middle French | salade | — |
| 5 | Old French | salade | — |
| 6 | Italian | salada | — |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | salata | salted |
| 8 | Latin | Salo | that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón |
| 9 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 10 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |
via Dutch centrifuge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | centrifuge | centrifuge |
| 2 | French | centrifuge | centrifugal |
| 3 | French | centré | past participle of centrer; central; centralized |
| 4 | Latin | centrum | center |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κέντρον | Something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *kéntron | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *ḱéntrom | pointed tool |