Where does “săliție” come from?

săliție (Romanian) comes from Romanian salată, from Greek σαλάτα, from Venetian sałata, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

săliție (Romanian): lesser celandine (Ficaria verna, formerly Ranunculus ficaria)

Definitions

  1. lesser celandine (Ficaria verna, formerly Ranunculus ficaria)

Ancestry of “săliție”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansalatăsalad
2Greekσαλάταsalad; mess
3Venetiansałatasalad; lettuce
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →