Where does “Salsoloideae” come from?

Salsoloideae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Salsola, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

Salsoloideae (Translingual): subfamily

Definitions

  1. subfamily

Ancestry of “Salsoloideae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualSalsolagenus
2Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl
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