Etymograph

English

saler

Saler comes from Old French saler, from Latin sāl ‘salt’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂l1‘salt’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sāls1‘salt’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsāl2‘salt’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400saler2
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500salar2
  6. Englishtodaysaler2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin sal
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English saler

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂lWiktionary, Latin sal‘salt’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sālsWiktionary, Latin sal‘salt’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsālWiktionary, English saler‘salt’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400salerWiktionary, English saler
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500salarWiktionary, English saler
  6. EnglishtodaysalerWiktionary, English saler

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’

salt, salsa, halogen, saucer, 29 more

through Latin sāl ‘salt’

sauce, salary, cellar, salad, sausage, saline, sal, salami, salina, 12 more

Today it means

noun salt cellar

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “saler”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin sal. 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 *sḗh₂l / saler

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