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Where does “sărăriță” come from?

sărăriță (Romanian) comes from Romanian sare, from Vulgar Latin sale, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

sărăriță (Romanian): salt cellar; machine used to spread salt over...

Definitions

  1. salt cellar; machine used to spread salt over...

Ancestry of “sărăriță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansaresalt
2Vulgar Latinsaleablative singular of sāl; salt
3Latinsāl—
4Proto-Italicsāls—
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—
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