Where does “moonsault” come from?
moonsault (English) comes from English somersault, from French sombresault, from Old Occitan sobresalt, from Latin saltus, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.
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Definitions
- An attack where the wrestler faces away from the...
Ancestry of “moonsault”, step by step
moonsault traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English somersault
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | somersault | Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating... |
| 2 | French | sombresault | — |
| 3 | Old Occitan | sobresalt | — |
| 4 | Latin | saltus | A leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain... |
| 5 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 6 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |
via English Moon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Moon | The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾ |
| 2 | Middle English | Mone | A lamentation; a sorrowful moan or expression |
| 3 | Old English | mān | bad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | महादेव | the "great God" |
| 5 | Sanskrit | महा | combining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | maźʰā́ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | maȷ́ʰā́ | big, great |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |