Where does “salteador” come from?

salteador (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese saltear, from Portuguese salto, from Old Portuguese salto, from Latin saltus, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salteador (Portuguese): marauder one who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

Definitions

  1. marauder one who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder

Ancestry of “salteador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesaltearto assault, assail; to sauté
2Portuguesesaltojump, leap; heel; waterfall
3Old Portuguesesalto—
4LatinsaltusA leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain...
5Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
6Latinsālsalt
7Proto-Italicsālssalt
8Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →