Where does “salata” come from?

salata (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin Salo, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salata (Vulgar Latin): salted

Definitions

  1. salted

Ancestry of “salata”, step by step

salata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Salo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinSalothat flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón
2Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Vulgar Latin salare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinsalare
2Latinsalīre(jump, spring)

Words derived from “salata

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl