Where does “saltem” come from?

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

saltem (Latin): saved, reserved; at least; anyhow, at any rate

Definitions

  1. saved, reserved; at least; anyhow, at any rate

Ancestry of “saltem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsaltōto dance, jump
2Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →