Where does “saler” come from?

saler (English) comes from Middle English salar, from Old French saler, from Latin salarius, from Latin sal, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

saler (English): salt cellar

Definitions

  1. salt cellar

Ancestry of “saler”, step by step

saler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English salar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsalar—
2Old Frenchsaler—
3LatinsalariusOf or pertaining to salt; A dealer in salted fish
4Latinsalsalt; wit
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via French salière

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsalièresalt cellar, salt shaker
2LatinsalāriusOf or pertaining to salt
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂l-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sal →