Where does “Sally” come from?
Sally (Swedish) comes from English Sally, from English salvation, from Middle English savacioun, from Tagalog Salvacion, from Spanish Salvación, from Latin salvatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Ancestry of “Sally”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Sally | also used as a formal given name |
| 2 | English | salvation | The process of being saved, the state of having... |
| 3 | Middle English | savacioun | salvation |
| 4 | Tagalog | Salvacion | — |
| 5 | Spanish | Salvación | salvation |
| 6 | Latin | salvatio | deliverance, salvation |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |