Where does “saltatore” come from?

saltatore (Italian) comes from Italian saltare, from Latin saltō, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

saltatore (Italian): jumper

Definitions

  1. jumper

Ancestry of “saltatore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansaltareto jump, to leap, to spring; to explode, to blow...
2Latinsaltōto dance, jump
3Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl
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