English
salutary
Salutary comes from Latin salutaris ‘healthful’, and goes back to 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 CEsalus‘health’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalutaris‘healthful’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600salutaire
- Englishearliest quotation 1822salutary
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 CEsalus‘health’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalutaris‘healthful’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600salutaire
- Englishearliest quotation 1822salutary
Earliest quotation: 1822, John Barclay, Ancient and Modern: “In the living state, the body is observed to…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole, completed’
sold, save, safe, solid, holocaust, sol, salvation, sage, savior, xu, salvage, sou, salvo, salve, salvia, 32 more
through Latin salus ‘health’
Today it means
adj Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- / salutary