Where does “salopetă” come from?
salopetă (Romanian) comes from French salopette, from French saloper, from French salope, from French salé, from French saler, from Vulgar Latin salare, from Latin salīre, from Latin sāl — salt.
salopetă (Romanian): overall
Definitions
- overall
Ancestry of “salopetă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | salopette | overalls (clothing) |
| 2 | French | saloper | to bugger up; to muck up |
| 3 | French | salope | dirty, slutty; mean; slut |
| 4 | French | salé | salted; salty; saline; costly; spicy, colourful |
| 5 | French | saler | to salt |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | salare | — |
| 7 | Latin | salīre | (jump, spring) |
| 8 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |