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Where does “salar” come from?

salar (Middle English) comes from Old French saler, from Latin salarius, from Latin sal, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

Ancestry of “salar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsaler—
2LatinsalariusOf or pertaining to salt; A dealer in salted fish
3Latinsalsalt; wit
4Proto-Italicsāls—
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →