English
salumeria
Salumeria comes from Italian salumeria ‘a shop specialising in salami’, from salume ‘any food product usually made from ground…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂l1‘salt’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sāls1‘salt’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalem1
- Italianc. 1300–presentsale1‘salt, sal’
- Italianc. 1300–presentsalume1‘any food product usually made from ground meat, especially pork’
- Italianc. 1300–presentsalumeria1‘a shop specialising in salami’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000salumeria1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English salumeria
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2000, Matthew Evans, Italy: “Salumerie are overflowing with prosciutto, salame and mortadella (pork…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂lWiktionary, English salumeria‘salt’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sālsWiktionary, English salumeria‘salt’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalemWiktionary, English salumeria
- Italianc. 1300–presentsaleWiktionary, English salumeria‘salt, sal’
- Italianc. 1300–presentsalumeWiktionary, English salumeria‘any food product usually made from ground meat, especially pork’
- Italianc. 1300–presentsalumeriaWiktionary, English salumeria‘a shop specialising in salami’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000salumeriaWiktionary, English salumeria. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2000, Matthew Evans, Italy: “Salumerie are overflowing with prosciutto, salame and mortadella (pork…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’
salt, salsa, saucer, halogen, 29 more
through Proto-Italic *sāls ‘salt’
sauce, salary, salad, sausage, cellar, sal, saline, salina, 13 more
through Italian sale ‘salt, sal’
Today it means
noun a shop specializing in salami and the like: a butchershop, delicatessen
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “salumeria”. 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 / salumeria