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Where does “sale” come from?

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

sale (French): salted; salty; saline; costly; spicy, colourful

Definitions

  1. salted; salty; saline; costly; spicy, colourful

Ancestry of “sale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsalerto salt
2Vulgar Latinsalare—
3Latinsalīre—
4Latinsāl—
5Proto-Italicsāls—
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—

Words derived from “sale”

  • hypersalé
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →