Where does “salsolaceous” come from?

salsolaceous (English) comes from English Salsolaceae, from Translingual Salsola, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salsolaceous (English): Belonging to the family Salsolaceae of...

Definitions

  1. Belonging to the family Salsolaceae of...

Ancestry of “salsolaceous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSalsolaceae—
2TranslingualSalsolagenus
3Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →