Where does “salt” come from?

salt (Old Catalan) comes from Latin saltus, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

Ancestry of “salt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsaltusA leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain...
2Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “salt

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl