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Where does “slaw” come from?

slaw (English) comes from Dutch sla, from Dutch salade, from Middle Dutch salade, from Middle French salade, from Old French salade, from Italian salada, from Vulgar Latin salata, from Latin Salo.

slaw (English): Coleslaw

Definitions

  1. Coleslaw

Ancestry of “slaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchslalettuce; salad
2Dutchsaladesalad; lettuce; A sallet, a salade
3Middle Dutchsalade—
4Middle Frenchsalade—
5Old Frenchsalade—
6Italiansalada—
7Vulgar Latinsalatasalted
8LatinSalo—
9Latinsaliō—
10Latinsāl—
11Proto-Italicsāls—
12Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →