Where does “saltigrad” come from?

saltigrad (Romanian) comes from English saltigrade, from Latin saltus, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

saltigrad (Romanian): saltigrade

Definitions

  1. saltigrade

Ancestry of “saltigrad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsaltigradeHaving feet or legs formed for leaping; One of...
2LatinsaltusA leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain...
3Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
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 →