Where does “saliente” come from?

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

saliente (Italian): present participle of salire; salient; main

Definitions

  1. present participle of salire; salient; main

Ancestry of “saliente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsalienssalting
2Latinsālsalt
3Proto-Italicsālssalt
4Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →