Etymograph

English

salubrity

Salubrity comes from Latin salūbritās ‘good health, healthiness, healthfulness,…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole, completed’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-1‘whole, completed’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*salūts1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*salūs2‘health, well-being, welfare’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalūber3‘healthy, salubrious’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalūbritās4as salūbritātem‘good health, healthiness, healthfulness, salubrity, salubriousness’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400salubrité4
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500salubritē4
  8. Englishtodaysalubrity4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin salus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin saluber
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Latin salubritas
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English salubrity

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-Wiktionary, Latin salus‘whole, completed’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*salūtsWiktionary, Latin salusreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*salūsWiktionary, Latin saluber‘health, well-being, welfare’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalūberWiktionary, Latin salubritas‘healthy, salubrious’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalūbritāsWiktionary, English salubrityas salūbritātem‘good health, healthiness, healthfulness, salubrity, salubriousness’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400salubritéWiktionary, English salubrity
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500salubritēWiktionary, English salubrity
  8. EnglishtodaysalubrityWiktionary, English salubrity

Formed from salubrious + -ity

Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole, completed’

Proto-Italic *salūts

Latin *salūs ‘health, well-being, welfare’

Latin salūber ‘healthy’

English salubrious

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole, completed’

sold, save, safe, solid, holocaust, sol, salvation, sage, savior, xu, salvage, sou, salvo, salve, salvia, 30 more

through Latin *salūs ‘health, well-being, welfare’

salute, salutation, salutary, 5 more

Today it means

noun The quality of being salubrious or invigorating.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “salubrity”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin salus, Latin saluber, Latin salubritas. 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 *solh₂- / salubrity

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