Where does “salo” come from?

salo (Latin) comes from Latin salio, from Latin sal, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salo (Latin): dative singular of salum; ablative singular of...

Definitions

  1. dative singular of salum; ablative singular of...

Ancestry of “salo”, step by step

salo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin salio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsalioI leap, jump, bound; I spring forth, flow down; I...
2Latinsalsalt; wit
3Proto-Italicsālssalt
4Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Latin salum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsalumthe sea, main, deep, ocean; the sea in motion;...
2Ancient Greekσάλοςa rolling or tossing motion
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sal →