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Where does “saliva” come from?

saliva (New Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European solH- — dirt, dirty.

saliva (New Latin): spittle, saliva

Definitions

  1. spittle, saliva

Ancestry of “saliva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeansolH-dirt, dirty
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