Where does “saltador” come from?

saltador (Spanish) comes from Spanish saltar, from Old Spanish saltar, from Latin saltō, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

saltador (Spanish): jumper

Definitions

  1. jumper

Ancestry of “saltador”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsaltarto jump; to skip; miss; to sautée
2Old Spanishsaltar
3Latinsaltōto dance, jump
4Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl
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