Where does “saupoudreuse” come from?

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

saupoudreuse (French): sprinkler, caster, dredger

Definitions

  1. sprinkler, caster, dredger

Ancestry of “saupoudreuse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsaupoudrerto salt; to sprinkle powder
2Frenchseltable salt, i.e. sodium chloride; salt; smelling...
3Middle Frenchselsalt
4Old Frenchselsalt
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →