Etymograph

English

insalutary

Insalutary comes from Latin insaluteris.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinsaluteris
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1884insalutary

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinsaluteris
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1884insalutary

Earliest quotation: 1884, Lee J. Vance, Scientific Philanthropy: “What Mr. Spencer claims, and what is claimed in…”

Formed from in- ‘not’ + salutary

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole, completed’

Proto-Italic *salūts

Latin salus ‘health’

Latin salutaris ‘healthful’

Middle French salutaire

English salutary

Every English word from Latin insaluteris

Today it means

adj Not salutary or wholesome; bad for the health.

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

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