Where does “saltamontes” come from?

saltamontes (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.

saltamontes (Spanish): grasshopper

Definitions

grasshopper

Ancestry of “saltamontes”, step by step

saltamontes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish saltar

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	saltar	to jump; to skip; miss; to sautée
2	Old Spanish	saltar	—
3	Latin	saltō	to dance, jump
4	Latin	saliō	to leap, jump, bound
5	Latin	sāl	salt
6	Proto-Italic	sāls	salt
7	Proto-Indo-European	*sḗh₂l	salt

via Spanish monte

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	monte	mountain, mount; hill; forest, wilderness
2	Latin	montem	accusative singular of mōns; mountain
3	Latin	mons	mountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great...
4	Proto-Indo-European	monti	—
5	Portuguese	Monte	mount; a mountain or large hill
6	Old Portuguese	monte	—

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