Where does “salace” come from?

salace (Italian) comes from Latin salāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

salace (Italian): salacious; biting, pungent

Definitions

salacious; biting, pungent

Ancestry of “salace”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	salāx	prone to leaping
2	Latin	-āx	ish, -y
3	Latin	-ium	Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
4	Latin	-ius	forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5	Proto-Italic	-jōs	Forms comparative adjectives
6	Proto-Indo-European	-yós	Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “salace”

salacità
salacemente
salacissimo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ium →Every word from Latin -ius →