Where does “salon” come from?
salon (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French salon, from Italian salone, from Italian sala, from Latin Sala, from Zulu isala, from Persian انشاءالله, from Arabic إن شاء الله — God willing; inshallah, if it is God’s will; it...
Ancestry of “salon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | salon | living room; salon; show , exhibition |
| 2 | Italian | salone | sitting room, living room, lounge; reception... |
| 3 | Italian | sala | room; hall; axis |
| 4 | Latin | Sala | IJssel river |
| 5 | Zulu | isala | bunch of feathers, worn on the back of the head |
| 6 | Persian | انشاءالله | — |
| 7 | Arabic | إن شاء الله | God willing; inshallah, if it is God’s will; it... |
Words derived from “salon”