Where does “saliente” come from?

saliente (Portuguese) comes from Latin saliens, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

saliente (Portuguese): protruding

Definitions

  1. protruding

Ancestry of “saliente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsalienssalting
2Latinsālsalt
3Proto-Italicsālssalt
4Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “saliente”

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