Where does “sałatka” come from?
sałatka (Polish) comes from Polish Sałata, from Italian insalata, from Italian insalato, from Italian insalare, from Italian are, from Italian aere, from Old French aire, from Latin ārea — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.
sałatka (Polish): salad
Definitions
- salad
Ancestry of “sałatka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | Sałata | lettuce |
| 2 | Italian | insalata | lettuce; salad; hotchpotch, mishmash |
| 3 | Italian | insalato | past participle of insalare |
| 4 | Italian | insalare | to season with salt; to salt; to cause to become... |
| 5 | Italian | are | Archaic form of aere; plural of ara |
| 6 | Italian | aere | air; appearance, aspect; nature, disposition |
| 7 | Old French | aire | appearance; semblance |
| 8 | Latin | ārea | a piece of level ground, a vacant place (esp. in the town) |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | āzeā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs-e-yeh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |