Where does “saltatory” come from?

saltatory (English) comes from Latin saltātōrius, from Latin saltō, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

saltatory (English): Of or pertaining to leaps or leaping; That...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to leaps or leaping; That...

Ancestry of “saltatory”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsaltātōriusjumping
2Latinsaltōto dance, jump
3Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “saltatory”

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