Where does “salo” come from?
salo (Esperanto) comes from Italian sale, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.
salo (Esperanto): salt
Ancestry of “salo”, step by step
salo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian sale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | sale | salt, sal; plural of sala; third-person singular... |
| 2 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |
via Persian شال
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | شال | shawl; scarf |
| 2 | Hindi | दुशाला | shawl |
| 3 | Sanskrit | द्विशाट | — |
Words derived from “salo”