Where does “saludo” come from?
saludo (Spanish) comes from Spanish saludar, from Old Spanish saludar, from Latin salūtō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
saludo (Spanish): greeting, greetings; salutation
Definitions
- greeting, greetings; salutation
Ancestry of “saludo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | saludar | to greet; to wave |
| 2 | Old Spanish | saludar | — |
| 3 | Latin | salūtō | to preserve, keep safe |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |