Where does “exultant” come from?

exultant (French) comes from French exulter, from Middle French exulter, from Latin exsultō, from Latin saltō, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

exultant (French): exultant; present participle of exulter

Definitions

  1. exultant; present participle of exulter

Ancestry of “exultant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchexulterto exult, rejoice
2Middle Frenchexulter—
3Latinexsultōto spring vigorously, leap or jump up
4Latinsaltōto dance, jump
5Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
6Latinsālsalt
7Proto-Italicsālssalt
8Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “exultant”

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