Etymograph

English

saltarello

Saltarello comes from Italian saltare ‘to jump, to leap’, and goes back to Latin saliō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaliō1
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaltō2as saltāre
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentsaltare3‘to jump, to leap’
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentsaltarello3
  5. Englishtodaysaltarello3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin salto
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Italian saltare
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English saltarello

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaliōWiktionary, Latin salto
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaltōWiktionary, Italian saltareas saltāre
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentsaltareWiktionary, English saltarello‘to jump, to leap’
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentsaltarelloWiktionary, English saltarello
  5. EnglishtodaysaltarelloWiktionary, English saltarello

Linked words

through Latin saliō

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

through Latin saltō

exultant, 8 more

Today it means

noun A lively medieval Italian dance with a leaping step.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “saltarello”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin salto, Italian saltare. 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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