Etymograph

English

salutatorium

Salutatorium comes from Latin salūtātōrium ‘audience-chamber’, from salūtō ‘greet’, and ultimately from 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 CEsalūs2‘health’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalūtō3‘greet’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalūtātōrium4‘audience-chamber’
  6. Englishtodaysalutatorium4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin salus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin saluto
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Latin salutatorium
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English salutatorium

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 CEsalūsWiktionary, Latin saluto‘health’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalūtōWiktionary, Latin salutatorium‘greet’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalūtātōriumWiktionary, English salutatorium‘audience-chamber’
  6. EnglishtodaysalutatoriumWiktionary, English salutatorium

Linked words

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

sold, save, safe, solid, holocaust, sol, sage, salvation, savior, salvage, xu, sou, salvo, salve, salvia, 32 more

through Latin salūs ‘health’

salubrious, 7 more

Today it means

noun A porch or room in a monastery or church serving as a meeting or almsgiving place for monks or priests and the laity.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “salutatorium”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin salus, Latin saluto, Latin salutatorium. 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- / salutatorium

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