Where does “saltimbocca” come from?

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

saltimbocca (English): An Italian dish of veal, thinly sliced and rolled...

Definitions

  1. An Italian dish of veal, thinly sliced and rolled...

Ancestry of “saltimbocca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansaltimboccasaltimbocca
2Italiansaltareto jump, to leap, to spring; to explode, to blow...
3Latinsaltōto dance, jump
4Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →