Where does “sales” come from?

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

sales (French): second-person singular present indicative of...

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second-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “sales”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	saler	to salt
2	Vulgar Latin	salare	—
3	Latin	salīre	—
4	Latin	sāl	—
5	Proto-Italic	sāls	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	*sḗh₂l	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →

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