Where does “saltimbocca” come from?
saltimbocca (Italian) comes from Italian saltare, from Latin saltō, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
saltimbocca (Italian): saltimbocca
Ancestry of “saltimbocca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | saltare | to jump, to leap, to spring; to explode, to blow... |
| 2 | Latin | saltō | — |
| 3 | Latin | saliō | — |
| 4 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |
Words derived from “saltimbocca”