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 — salt.

nonsalient (English): Not salient

Definitions

  1. Not salient

Ancestry of “nonsalient”, step by step

nonsalient traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English salient

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsalientWorthy of note; pertinent or relevant; Prominent;...
2Latinsalientemaccusative masculine singular of saliēns;...
3Latinsalienssalting
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via English non

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnonObsolete form of none
2Frenchnonno; not; a no, a negative response
3Old Frenchnonno; not; Alternative form of nom
4Latinnōnnot
5Old Latinnoenum—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →