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Where does “sussultatory” come from?

sussultatory (English) comes from Italian sussultare, from Latin subsilio, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

sussultatory (English): Characterised by up-and-down oscillations of...

Definitions

  1. Characterised by up-and-down oscillations of...

Ancestry of “sussultatory”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliansussultareTo start
2LatinsubsilioI spring or leap up or upwards; I leap or plunge...
3Latinsaliō—
4Latinsāl—
5Proto-Italicsāls—
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →