Where does “salată” come from?

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

salată (Romanian): salad

Definitions

  1. salad

Ancestry of “salată”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekσαλάταsalad; mess
2Venetiansałatasalad; lettuce
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “salată

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl