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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.

saillir (French): to spurt; to sire; to stick out, bulge out, jut...

Definitions

  1. to spurt; to sire; to stick out, bulge out, jut...

Ancestry of “saillir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchsaillirto jump; to fly through the air, to get knocked...
2Old Frenchsailliralternative infinitive of salir; jump
3Latinsaliō—
4Latinsāl—
5Proto-Italicsāls—
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—

Words derived from “saillir”

  • saillie
  • saillant
  • sailli
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →