Where does “sales” come from?

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

sales (Spanish): plural of sal

Definitions

  1. plural of sal

Ancestry of “sales”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsalsalt; table salt; salt
2Old Spanishsalsalt
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl