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Where does “salar” come from?

salar (Spanish) comes from Spanish sal, from Old Spanish sal, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

salar (Spanish): a salt pan; to salt

Definitions

  1. a salt pan; to salt

Ancestry of “salar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsalsalt; table salt; salt
2Old Spanishsalsalt
3Latinsāl—
4Proto-Italicsāls—
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—

Words derived from “salar”

  • saladero
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →