English
salon
Salon comes from French salon ‘reception room’, from Italian salone ‘large hall’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sel- ‘human settlement, village, dwelling’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sel-‘human settlement, village, dwelling’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*salą‘dwelling, house, hall’reconstructed
- Lombardicmodernsala‘room, house, entrance hall’
- Italianc. 1300–presentsame form‘hall’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentsalone‘large hall’augmented form of sala
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsalon‘reception room’
- Englishearliest quotation 1933same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sel-‘human settlement, village, dwelling’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*salą‘dwelling, house, hall’reconstructed
- Lombardicmodernsala‘room, house, entrance hall’
- Italianc. 1300–presentsame form‘hall’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentsalone‘large hall’augmented form of sala
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsalon‘reception room’
- Englishearliest quotation 1933same form
Earliest quotation: 1933, Gertrude Stein: “Matisse showed in every autumn salon and every independent.…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sel- ‘human settlement, village, dwelling’
result, insult, exile, savage, silva, resilient, sally, salmon, salvage, sill, sylvan, salient, salle, slink, somersault, selva, seel, salacious, selly, 18 more
through Proto-Germanic *salą ‘dwelling, house, hall’
through Italian salone ‘large hall’
Today it means
noun A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sel- / salon