Where does “salame” come from?
salame (Italian) comes from Italian sale, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
salame (Italian): salami
Ancestry of “salame”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | sale | salt, sal; plural of sala; third-person singular... |
| 2 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |
Words derived from “salame”