Where does “saltine” come from?

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

saltine (English): A thin, crisp, salted, customarily white-colored...

Definitions

  1. A thin, crisp, salted, customarily white-colored...

Ancestry of “saltine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSaltOS grid ref SJ9527
2LatinsaltusA leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain...
3Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →