Where does “nonsalient” come from?
nonsalient (English) comes from English salient, from Latin salientem, from Latin saliens, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
nonsalient (English): Not salient
Ancestry of “nonsalient”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | salient | Worthy of note; pertinent or relevant; Prominent;... |
| 2 | Latin | salientem | accusative masculine singular of saliēns;... |
| 3 | Latin | saliens | salting |
| 4 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |