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 — salt.

saros (English): A quantity of 3600, such as a period of 3600...

Definitions

  1. A quantity of 3600, such as a period of 3600...

Ancestry of “saros”, step by step

saros traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian sare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansaresalt
2Vulgar Latinsaleablative singular of sāl; salt
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Hungarian sáros

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariansárosmuddy, mudded
2Hungariansármud; sin, fault, wrong, culpability
3Oghuršār—
4Proto-Turkicsiāŕmarsh, dirt

via Ancient Greek σάρος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσάροςcycle of 3600 years; cycle of 222 months
2Akkadian𒊹—
3Sumerian𒊹three thousand six hundred (3,600)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →
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