Where does “oligosaline” come from?

oligosaline (English) comes from English saline, from Middle English salyne, from Middle French salin, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

oligosaline (English): Of a body of water, of low salinity

Definitions

  1. Of a body of water, of low salinity

Ancestry of “oligosaline”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsalineContaining salt; salty; Resembling salt; Water...
2Middle Englishsalyne—
3Middle Frenchsalin—
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →