Where does “salad” come from?
salad (Welsh) comes from English salad, from Middle English salade, from Old French salade, from Italian salada, from Vulgar Latin salata, from Latin Salo, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl — salt.
salad (Welsh): salad
Definitions
- salad
Ancestry of “salad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | salad | A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold... |
| 2 | Middle English | salade | salad; An ingredient in a salad |
| 3 | Old French | salade | — |
| 4 | Italian | salada | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | salata | salted |
| 6 | Latin | Salo | that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón |
| 7 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 8 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |