Where does “saluer” come from?

saluer (Old French) comes from Old French saluder, from Latin salūtāre, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

saluer (Old French): to greet

Definitions

to greet

Ancestry of “saluer”, step by step

saluer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French saluder

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	saluder	—
2	Latin	salūtāre	salvation, saviour, deliverance
3	Latin	-āris	first conjugation
4	Latin	-ālis	—
5	Proto-Italic	-ālis	forms relational adjectives

via Latin salūtō

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	salūtō	to preserve, keep safe
2	Latin	-ō	suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3	Proto-Indo-European	-ō	Derives nouns from roots

Words derived from “saluer”

saluer
saluer
saluement
saluen
saluer
salue
sallewase

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