Where does “sales” come from?

sales (Old Spanish) comes from Old Spanish sal, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

sales (Old Spanish): plural of sal

Definitions

  1. plural of sal

Ancestry of “sales”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishsalsalt
2Latinsālsalt
3Proto-Italicsālssalt
4Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl