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