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Where does “salo” come from?

salo (Esperanto) comes from Italian sale, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

salo (Esperanto): salt

Definitions

  1. salt

Ancestry of “salo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansalesalt, sal; plural of sala; third-person singular...
2Latinsāl—
3Proto-Italicsāls—
4Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—

Words derived from “salo”

  • sali
  • sala
  • salita
  • sensaligo
  • saligi
  • salu
  • salata
  • kuirsalo
  • salon
  • Sallaga Urbo
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