Where does “sel” come from?

sel (Middle French) comes from Old French sel, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

sel (Middle French): salt

Definitions

  1. salt

Ancestry of “sel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchselsalt
2Latinsālsalt
3Proto-Italicsālssalt
4Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “sel”

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