English
salumeria
Salumeria comes from Italian salumeria ‘a shop specialising in salami’, from salume ‘any food product usually made from ground…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂l‘salt’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sāls‘salt’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalem
- Italianc. 1300–presentsale‘salt, sal’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentsalume‘any food product usually made from ground meat, especially pork’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentsalumeria‘a shop specialising in salami’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000same form
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 CEsalem
- Italianc. 1300–presentsale‘salt, sal’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentsalume‘any food product usually made from ground meat, especially pork’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentsalumeria‘a shop specialising in salami’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000same form
Earliest quotation: 2000, Matthew Evans, Italy: “Salumerie are overflowing with prosciutto, salame and mortadella (pork…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’
salt, salsa, saucer, halogen, 30 more
through Proto-Italic *sāls ‘salt’
sauce, salary, salad, sausage, cellar, sal, saline, salina, 13 more
through Italian sale ‘salt, sal’
Today it means
noun a shop specializing in salami and the like: a butchershop, delicatessen
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l / salumeria