Where does “salāta” come from?

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

Ancestry of “salāta”, step by step

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

Words derived from “salāta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →
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