Where does “salon” come from?
Salon comes from French salon, from French salle meaning "hall," from Italian -one, from French salle, from Frankish sal, from Proto-Indo-European salw-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ser-.
salon (English): A large room, especially one used to receive and...
Definitions
- A large room, especially one used to receive and...
Ancestry of “salon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | salon | living room; salon; show , exhibition |
| 2 | Italian | salone | sitting room, living room, lounge; reception... |
| 3 | Italian | sala | room; hall; axis |
| 4 | Latin | Sala | IJssel river |
| 5 | Zulu | isala | bunch of feathers, worn on the back of the head |
| 6 | Persian | انشاءالله | — |
| 7 | Arabic | إن شاء الله | God willing; inshallah, if it is God’s will; it... |
Words derived from “salon”