Where does “saupoudrer” come from?

saupoudrer (French) comes from French sel, from Middle French sel, from Old French sel, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

saupoudrer (French): to salt; to sprinkle powder

Definitions

  1. to salt; to sprinkle powder

Ancestry of “saupoudrer”, step by step

saupoudrer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French sel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchseltable salt, i.e. sodium chloride; salt; smelling...
2Middle Frenchselsalt
3Old Frenchselsalt
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via French poudrer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpoudrerto powder
2Frenchpoudrepowder; dust
3Old Frenchpoudrepowder; dust
4Late Latinpulvera—
5Latinpulvisdust, powder; an arena, place of contest
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “saupoudrer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →