Etymograph

English

salaciously

From salacious + -ly.

A compound of salacious + -ly

Latin saliō ‘to leap, jump’

Latin salāx ‘provocative, lustful’

English salacious

Today it means

adv In a salacious manner.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “salaciously”. 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.

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