Where does “saros” come from?
saros (English) comes from Romanian sare, from Vulgar Latin sale, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
saros (English): A quantity of 3600, such as a period of 3600...
Definitions
- A quantity of 3600, such as a period of 3600...
Ancestry of “saros”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | sare | salt |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | sale | ablative singular of sāl; salt |
| 3 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |