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.
salado (Spanish): salty; salted; brackish
Ancestry of “salado”, step by step
| 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 | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |