Where does “salado” come from?
salado (Spanish) comes from Esperanto sali, from Esperanto salo, from Italian sale, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.
salado (Spanish): salty; salted; brackish
Definitions
- salty; salted; brackish
Ancestry of “salado”, step by step
salado traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto sali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | sali | to salt |
| 2 | Esperanto | salo | salt |
| 3 | Italian | sale | salt, sal; plural of sala; third-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |
via Spanish salar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | salar | a salt pan; to salt |
| 2 | Spanish | -ar | In adjectives, indicating membership or status;... |
| 3 | Old Spanish | -ar | indicates membership or status |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
via Italian salato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | salato | past participle of salare; salty, salted;... |