English

halosaline

From halo- + saline.

Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’

Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls ‘salt’

Ancient Greek ἅλς ‘sea, salt’

English halo-

Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’

Proto-Italic *sāls ‘salt’

Latin sal ‘salt’

Medieval Latin salīna ‘salt pan, salt works’

Middle English salyne

Today it means

noun A piperidine alkaloid isolated from saxauls of the genus Haloxylon.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / halosaline