Where does “saltigrade” come from?

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

saltigrade (English): Having feet or legs formed for leaping; One of...

Definitions

  1. Having feet or legs formed for leaping; One of...

Ancestry of “saltigrade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsaltusA leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain...
2Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “saltigrade”

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