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Salinas
Salinas comes from Spanish salina ‘salt mine’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂l‘salt’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sāls‘salt’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsal‘salt’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalīna‘salt pan, salt works’
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500salina
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘salt mine’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentSalinas
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂l‘salt’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sāls‘salt’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsal‘salt’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalīna‘salt pan, salt works’
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500salina
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘salt mine’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentSalinas
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’
salt, salsa, saucer, halogen, 33 more
through Latin sal ‘salt’
Today it means
name A city, the county seat of Monterey County, California, United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l / Salinas