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.
saltillo (English): In Mexican languages, especially Nahuatl, a...
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- In Mexican languages, especially Nahuatl, a...
Ancestry of “saltillo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | saltillo | saltillo |
| 2 | Spanish | salto | jump, leap, jumping; skip; gap; difference |
| 3 | Latin | saltus | A leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain... |
| 4 | Latin | saliō | — |
| 5 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |