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.
saltine (English): A thin, crisp, salted, customarily white-colored...
Definitions
- A thin, crisp, salted, customarily white-colored...
Ancestry of “saltine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Salt | — |
| 2 | Latin | saltus | A leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain... |
| 3 | Latin | saliō | — |
| 4 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |