Where does “salopette” come from?

salopette (French) comes from French saloper, from French salope, from French salé, from French saler, from Vulgar Latin salare, from Latin salīre, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls — salt.

salopette (French): overalls (clothing)

Definitions

  1. overalls (clothing)

Ancestry of “salopette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsaloperto bugger up; to muck up
2Frenchsalopedirty, slutty; mean; slut
3Frenchsalésalted; salty; saline; costly; spicy, colourful
4Frenchsalerto salt
5Vulgar Latinsalare—
6Latinsalīre(jump, spring)
7Latinsālsalt
8Proto-Italicsālssalt
9Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “salopette”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →