Where does “saloonkeeping” come from?

saloonkeeping (English) comes from English saloon, from French salon, from Italian salone, from Italian sala, from Latin Sala, from Zulu isala, from Persian انشاءالله, from Arabic إن شاء الله — God willing; inshallah, if it is God’s will; it...

saloonkeeping (English): The management of a saloon

Definitions

  1. The management of a saloon

Ancestry of “saloonkeeping”, step by step

saloonkeeping traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English saloon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsaloonA tavern, especially in an American Old West...
2Frenchsalonliving room
3Italiansalonesitting room, living room, lounge; reception...
4Italiansalaroom; hall; axis
5LatinSalaIJssel river
6Zuluisalabunch of feathers, worn on the back of the head
7Persianانشاءالله
8Arabicإن شاء اللهGod willing; inshallah, if it is God’s will; it...

via English keeping

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishkeepingconformity or harmony; charge or care;...
2EnglishkeepTo continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain
3Middle Englishkepento keep, guard, look after, watch
4Old Englishcēpanto seize, hold, observe
5Proto-West Germanic*kōpijan
6Proto-Germanickōpijanąto look after, observe; to watch, keep, care for
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵab-
Every word from Arabic إن شاء الله