Where does “saltillo” come from?

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

saltillo (English): In Mexican languages, especially Nahuatl, a...

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  1. In Mexican languages, especially Nahuatl, a...

Ancestry of “saltillo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsaltillosaltillo
2Spanishsaltojump, leap, jumping; skip; gap; difference
3LatinsaltusA leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain...
4Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
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