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Where does “saumure” come from?

saumure (French) comes from Old French salmuire, from Late Latin salimuria, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

saumure (French): brine; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. brine; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “saumure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsalmuire—
2Late Latinsalimuriasalt water
3Latinsāl—
4Proto-Italicsāls—
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →