English
saline
Saline comes from Medieval Latin salīna ‘salt pan, salt works’, 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’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500salīna‘salt pan, salt works’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500salyne
- Englishtodaysaline
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’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500salīna‘salt pan, salt works’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500salyne
- Englishtodaysaline
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’
salt, salsa, saucer, halogen, 32 more
through Latin sal ‘salt’
Today it means
adj Containing salt; salty.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l / saline