Where does “salience” come from?

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

salience (English): The condition of being salient; A highlight;...

Definitions

  1. The condition of being salient; A highlight;...

Ancestry of “salience”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsalienssalting
2Latinsālsalt
3Proto-Italicsālssalt
4Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “salience”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →