Where does “transiliens” come from?

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

transiliens (Latin): jumping over, leaping across

Definitions

  1. jumping over, leaping across

Ancestry of “transiliens”, step by step

transiliens traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin transilio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintransilioI jump over, leap across; I hasten, go quickly
2Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Latin transilire

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintransilirepresent active infinitive of trānsiliō

Words derived from “transiliens”

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