Where does “салатовый” come from?

салатовый (Russian) comes from Russian сала́т, from French salade, from Italian salada, from Vulgar Latin salata, from Latin Salo, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls — salt.

салатовый (Russian): lime green

Definitions

lime green

Ancestry of “салатовый”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Russian	сала́т	salad dish
2	French	salade	salad; sallet
3	Italian	salada	—
4	Vulgar Latin	salata	salted
5	Latin	Salo	that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón
6	Latin	saliō	to leap, jump, bound
7	Latin	sāl	salt
8	Proto-Italic	sāls	salt
9	Proto-Indo-European	*sḗh₂l	salt

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →