Where does “saltillo” come from?

saltillo (Spanish) comes from Spanish salto, from Latin saltus, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

saltillo (Spanish): saltillo

Definitions

  1. saltillo

Ancestry of “saltillo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsaltojump, leap, jumping; skip; gap; difference
2LatinsaltusA leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain...
3Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “saltillo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l