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Where does “salière” come from?

salière (French) comes from Latin salārius, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

salière (French): salt cellar, salt shaker

Definitions

  1. salt cellar, salt shaker

Ancestry of “salière”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsalārius—
2Latinsāl—
3Proto-Italicsāls—
4Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—

Words derived from “salière”

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