English

hydrosaline

From hydro- + saline.

Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ ‘water’

Proto-Hellenic *údōr ‘water’

Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ ‘water’

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

adj Pertaining to water containing dissolved mineral salts

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

Etymograph / hydrosaline