Where does “sèl” come from?

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

sèl (Haitian Creole): alone; only; salt

Definitions

  1. alone; only; salt

Ancestry of “sèl”, step by step

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