Where does “salgemma” come from?

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

salgemma (Italian): halite

Definitions

  1. halite

Ancestry of “salgemma”, step by step

salgemma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian sale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansalesalt, sal; plural of sala; third-person singular...
2Latinsālsalt
3Proto-Italicsālssalt
4Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Italian Gemma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianGemmabud
2LatingemmaA bud or eye of a plant; A gem, gemstone, jewel,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →