English

halotolerance

From halo- + tolerance.

Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’

Proto-Hellenic *hā́ls ‘salt’

Ancient Greek ἅλς ‘sea, salt’

English halo-

Latin tolerō ‘to endure’

Latin tolerāns ‘bearing, enduring, tolerating, tolerant’

Latin tolerantia ‘endurance’

Old French tolerance

Middle English toleraunce

Today it means

noun The quality or degree of being halotolerant.

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

Etymograph / halotolerance