Where does “ensalada” come from?

ensalada (Spanish) comes from Italian salada, from Vulgar Latin salata, from Latin Salo, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

ensalada (Spanish): salad

Definitions

salad

Ancestry of “ensalada”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ensalada”

ensaladera
ensaladilla
ensalada

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →