Where does “saillie” come from?
saillie (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 — salt.
saillie (French): projection, protrusion; spurt; sally, sortie
Definitions
- projection, protrusion; spurt; sally, sortie
Ancestry of “saillie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | saillir | to spurt; to sire; to stick out, bulge out, jut... |
| 2 | Middle French | saillir | to jump; to fly through the air, to get knocked... |
| 3 | Old French | saillir | alternative infinitive of salir; jump |
| 4 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 5 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |