Etymograph

English

consilient

Consilient comes from Latin salio ‘to leap’, and perhaps goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sel- ‘jump, spring’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sel-1‘jump, spring’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sl̥-yé-tor1uncertain
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἅλλομαι1hállomai‘to leap, jump’uncertain
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalio2‘to leap’
  5. Englishtodayconsilient2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin salio, which cites LIV
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English consilient

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sel-Wiktionary, Latin salio, which cites LIV‘jump, spring’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sl̥-yé-torWiktionary, Latin salio, which cites LIVuncertain
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἅλλομαιWiktionary, Latin salio, which cites LIVhállomai‘to leap, jump’uncertain
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalioWiktionary, English consilient‘to leap’
  5. EnglishtodayconsilientWiktionary, English consilient

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sel- ‘jump, spring’

sale, savage, insult, salon, exile, salvage, silva, salle, sylvan, sill, somersault, slink, selva, seel, selly, 16 more

through Latin salio ‘to leap’

result, salt, sauce, salad, sally, salmon, resilience, resilient, salient, salacious, exultant, resiliency, salience, 25 more

Today it means

adj Of academic disciplines, displaying consilience.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “consilient”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin salio. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sel- / consilient

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