Where does “salvamont” come from?
salvamont (Romanian) comes from Romanian salvare, from Romanian salva, from French salve, from Italian salva, from Spanish salva, from Spanish salvo, from Latin salvus, from Proto-Italic *salawos — mercy, comfort; comfort, mercy.
salvamont (Romanian): mountain rescue
Definitions
- mountain rescue
Ancestry of “salvamont”, step by step
salvamont traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian salvare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | salvare | rescue |
| 2 | Romanian | salva | to save, rescue, set free |
| 3 | French | salve | salvo, volley of shots; round |
| 4 | Italian | salva | feminine singular of salvo; volley, discharge,... |
| 5 | Spanish | salva | feminine singular of salvo; salvo, volley |
| 6 | Spanish | salvo | safe; except, apart from |
| 7 | Latin | salvus | safe, saved, preserved, sound, unharmed,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *salawos | whole |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂wós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sōlh₂- | mercy, comfort; comfort, mercy |