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Where does “hypersalé” come from?

hypersalé (French) comes from French salé, from French saler, from Vulgar Latin salare, from Latin salīre, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

hypersalé (French): hypersaline

Definitions

  1. hypersaline

Ancestry of “hypersalé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsalésalted; salty; saline; costly; spicy, colourful
2Frenchsalerto salt
3Vulgar Latinsalare—
4Latinsalīre—
5Latinsāl—
6Proto-Italicsāls—
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →