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
Ancestry of “salata”, step by step
salata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin Salo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Salo | that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón |
| 2 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 3 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |
via Vulgar Latin salare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | salare | — |
| 2 | Latin | salīre | (jump, spring) |
Words derived from “salata”