Where does “salto” come from?

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

salto (Portuguese): jump, leap; heel; waterfall

Definitions

  1. jump, leap; heel; waterfall

Ancestry of “salto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesesalto—
2LatinsaltusA leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain...
3Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “salto”

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