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Where does “saliens” come from?

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

saliens (Latin): salting

Definitions

  1. salting

Ancestry of “saliens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsāl—
2Proto-Italicsāls—
3Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—

Words derived from “saliens”

  • salient
  • saliency
  • saliently
  • nonsalient
  • countersalient
  • supersalient
  • saliente
  • salientia
  • saliente
  • saliente
  • salientar
  • saliente
  • salientem
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →