English
halite
Halite comes from Ancient Greek ἅλς ‘salt’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂l‘salt’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hā́ls‘salt’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἅλςháls‘salt’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023halite
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂l‘salt’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hā́ls‘salt’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἅλςháls‘salt’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023halite
Earliest quotation: 2023, H. Gareth Gavin, Never Was: “The surface of halite was always sort of trippy,…”
Formed from -ite
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’
salt, sauce, salary, salad, sausage, cellar, salsa, sal, saline, salami, salina, 31 more
through Ancient Greek ἅλς ‘salt’
Today it means
noun Native salt; sodium chloride NaCl as a mineral; rock salt.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l / halite