Where does “salero” come from?

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

salero (Spanish): salt shaker; salt cellar

Definitions

  1. salt shaker; salt cellar

Ancestry of “salero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsalsalt; table salt; salt
2Old Spanishsalsalt
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “salero

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl