Where does “σαλάτα” come from?

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

σαλάτα (Greek): salad; mess

Definitions

  1. salad; mess

Ancestry of “σαλάτα”, step by step

σαλάτα traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Venetian sałata

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

via Latin salāta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsalāta—

Words derived from “σαλάτα”

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