Where does “saltweed” come from?

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

saltweed (English): Any of various plants of the genus "Atriplex"

Definitions

  1. Any of various plants of the genus "Atriplex"

Ancestry of “saltweed”, step by step

saltweed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Salt

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

via English weed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishweedAny plant regarded as unwanted at the place...
2Middle Englishweed—
3Old Englishwēodweed
4Proto-West Germanic*weudweed (unwanted plant)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →