Where does “salgado” come from?

salgado (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese salgado, from Vulgar Latin salicare, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salgado (Portuguese): salty

Definitions

  1. salty

Ancestry of “salgado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesesalgado—
2Vulgar Latinsalicareto salt
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “salgado”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →