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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.

saler (English): salt cellar

Definitions

  1. salt cellar

Ancestry of “saler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsalar—
2Old Frenchsaler—
3LatinsalariusOf or pertaining to salt; A dealer in salted fish
4Latinsalsalt; wit
5Proto-Italicsāls—
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →