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Where does “saluer” come from?

saluer (Middle French) comes from Old French saluer, from Old French saluder, from Latin salūtāre, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

saluer (Middle French): to greet

Definitions

  1. to greet

Ancestry of “saluer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsaluerto greet
2Old Frenchsaluder—
3Latinsalūtāre—
4Latin-āris—
5Latin-ālis—
6Proto-Italic-ālis—

Words derived from “saluer”

  • saluer
  • sallewase
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →