Where does “sale” come from?

sale (Italian) comes from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

sale (Italian): salt, sal; plural of sala; third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. salt, sal; plural of sala; third-person singular...

Ancestry of “sale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsālsalt
2Proto-Italicsālssalt
3Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “sale

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl