English
Salento
Salento comes from Italian Salento.
- Italianc. 1300–presentSalento
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Italianc. 1300–presentSalento
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- ‘to swell’
butter, tumor, tomb, tumour, soma, tumultuous, tuff, truffle, tyrosine, trifle, tumult, tuber, turgid, tufa, madrasa, 43 more
through Latin sāl ‘salt’
sauce, salary, salad, cellar, sausage, saline, sal, salami, salina, 13 more
Today it means
name A small peninsula at the south-eastern tip of Italy, sometimes described as the "heel"; principal cities are Lecce and Otranto.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Italian Salento / Salento