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Where does “saillant” come from?

saillant (French) comes from French saillir, from Middle French saillir, from Old French saillir, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

saillant (French): salient; acute; present participle of saillir

Definitions

  1. salient; acute; present participle of saillir

Ancestry of “saillant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsaillirto spurt; to sire; to stick out, bulge out, jut...
2Middle Frenchsaillirto jump; to fly through the air, to get knocked...
3Old Frenchsailliralternative infinitive of salir; jump
4Latinsaliō—
5Latinsāl—
6Proto-Italicsāls—
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →