Where does “Sally” come from?
Sally derives from English Sarah, which comes from Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה, though the specific sense development from the Hebrew name remains unclear.
Sally (English): also used as a formal given name
Definitions
- also used as a formal given name
Ancestry of “Sally”, step by step
Sally traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English salvation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | salvation | The process of being saved, the state of having... |
| 2 | Middle English | savacioun | salvation |
| 3 | Tagalog | Salvacion | — |
| 4 | Spanish | Salvación | salvation |
| 5 | Latin | salvatio | deliverance, salvation |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via French saillie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | saillie | projection, protrusion; spurt; sally, sortie |
| 2 | French | saillir | to spurt; to sire; to stick out, bulge out, jut... |
| 3 | Middle French | saillir | to jump; to fly through the air, to get knocked... |
| 4 | Old French | saillir | alternative infinitive of salir; jump |
| 5 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 6 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |