Where does “sotto” come from?

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

sotto (English): Ellipsis of sotto voce

Definitions

  1. Ellipsis of sotto voce

Ancestry of “sotto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishSotogrove; copse
2LatinsaltusA leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain...
3Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “sotto”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →