Where does “corn salad” come from?
corn salad (English) comes from English salad, from Middle English salade, from Old French salade, from Italian salada, from Vulgar Latin salata, from Latin Salo, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl.
corn salad (English): Any of various types of salad made using corn;...
Definitions
- Any of various types of salad made using corn;...
Ancestry of “corn salad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | salad | A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold... |
| 2 | Middle English | salade | salad; An ingredient in a salad |
| 3 | Old French | salade | — |
| 4 | Italian | salada | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | salata | salted |
| 6 | Latin | Salo | — |
| 7 | Latin | saliō | — |
| 8 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |