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Where does “sal-” come from?

sal- (Proto-Indo-European): dirty, grey; dirt, dirty; grayish, impure gray

Definitions

  1. dirty, grey; dirt, dirty; grayish, impure gray

Words derived from “sal-”

  • saloon
  • salon
  • sallow
  • salle
  • salami
  • saloonkeeper
  • sallowness
  • antisaloon
  • saloonist
  • sallowish
  • salonlike
  • sallowy
  • salonfähig
  • saloonkeeping
  • salume
  • saloonlike
  • sallowly
  • salmi
  • saloon
  • salami
  • multisala
  • desalinizzazione
  • salame
  • salo