Where does “salt cellar” come from?
salt cellar (English) comes from English cellar, from Middle English seler, from Old French celier, from Latin cellārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
salt cellar (English): A small open container holding salt for use in...
Definitions
- A small open container holding salt for use in...
Ancestry of “salt cellar”, step by step
salt cellar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cellar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cellar | An enclosed underground space, often under a... |
| 2 | Middle English | seler | — |
| 3 | Old French | celier | cellar |
| 4 | Latin | cellārium | storeroom, larder, cellar, pantry |
| 5 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 6 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via English salt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | salt | A common substance, chemically consisting mainly... |
| 2 | Middle English | salt | salt; Something containing or for storing salt;... |
| 3 | Old English | sealt | common salt; salt, salty, salted |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | salt | salty; salt |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | saltą | salt |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂l- | — |