Where does “salement” come from?

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

salement (French): dirty, dirtily

Definitions

  1. dirty, dirtily

Ancestry of “salement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsalésalted; salty; saline; costly; spicy, colourful
2Frenchsalerto salt
3Vulgar Latinsalare
4Latinsalīre(jump, spring)
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l
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