Where does “sel” come from?

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

sel (French): table salt, i.e. sodium chloride; salt; smelling...

Definitions

  1. table salt, i.e. sodium chloride; salt; smelling...

Ancestry of “sel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchselsalt
2Old Frenchselsalt
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “sel

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl