Where does “ντοματοσαλάτα” come from?

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

ντοματοσαλάτα (Greek): tomato salad

Definitions

  1. tomato salad

Ancestry of “ντοματοσαλάτα”, step by step

ντοματοσαλάτα 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 ντομάτα

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekντομάταtomato
2Spanishtomatetomato; tomatillo; hole
3Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
4Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →