Where does “αυγοσαλάτα” come from?

αυγοσαλάτα (Greek) comes from Greek σαλάτα, from Venetian sałata, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

αυγοσαλάτα (Greek): egg salad

Definitions

  1. egg salad

Ancestry of “αυγοσαλάτα”, step by step

αυγοσαλάτα traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greek σαλάτα

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekσαλάταsalad; mess
2Venetiansałatasalad; lettuce
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Greek αυγό

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GreekαυγόAlternative form of αβγό
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl