English
sal volatile
Sal volatile comes from Latin sal ‘salt’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂l‘salt’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sāls‘salt’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsal‘salt’
- Englishearliest quotation 1847sal volatile
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂l‘salt’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sāls‘salt’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsal‘salt’
- Englishearliest quotation 1847sal volatile
Earliest quotation: 1847, – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray: “... as for Miss Swartz, the rich woolly-haired mulatto…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’
salt, salsa, saucer, halogen, 31 more
through Latin sal ‘salt’
sauce, salary, salad, sausage, cellar, sal, saline, salina, salami, 13 more
Today it means
noun Ammonium carbonate; especially a solution of this used to restore someone from a faint.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l / sal volatile