Where does “salpêtre” come from?
salpêtre (French) comes from Medieval Latin sal petrae, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
salpêtre (French): saltpetre; first-person singular present...
Definitions
- saltpetre; first-person singular present...
Ancestry of “salpêtre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | sal petrae | salt of the rock |
| 2 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |