Where does “salope” come from?

salope (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.

salope (French): dirty, slutty; mean; slut

Definitions

  1. dirty, slutty; mean; slut

Ancestry of “salope”, step by step

salope traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French salé

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

via French huppé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhuppécrested; upper-crust, posh
2Latinupupahoopoe
3Old Saxonuppaabove
4Old Norseáriver; Alternative form of ær; on
5Proto-Norseᚨᚾon
6Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

Words derived from “salope”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →