English
resalute
Resalute comes from Latin resalutō ‘to greet, salute in return’, from salūs ‘health’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole, completed’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-‘whole, completed’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*salūtsreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalūs‘health’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaluto‘to greet, salute’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresalutōas resalutare‘to greet, salute in return’
- Englishearliest quotation 1596resalute
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-‘whole, completed’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*salūtsreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalūs‘health’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaluto‘to greet, salute’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresalutōas resalutare‘to greet, salute in return’
- Englishearliest quotation 1596resalute
Earliest quotation: 1596, Edmund Spenser, Book V, Canto VII: “Whereas the Priestes she found full busily / About…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole, completed’
sold, save, safe, solid, holocaust, sol, salvation, sage, savior, xu, salvage, sou, salvo, salve, salvia, 30 more
through Latin salūs ‘health’
through Latin saluto ‘to greet, salute’
Today it means
verb To greet in return.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- / resalute