Where does “saleratus” come from?

saleratus (English) comes from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

saleratus (English): sodium bicarbonate; potassium bicarbonate

Definitions

  1. sodium bicarbonate; potassium bicarbonate

Ancestry of “saleratus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsālsalt
2Proto-Italicsālssalt
3Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →
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