English
salutiferous
Salutiferous comes from Latin salūtifer ‘healthy, health-giving’, 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 CEsalūs‘health’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalūtifer‘healthy, health-giving’
- Englishearliest quotation 1678salutiferous
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 CEsalūs‘health’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalūtifer‘healthy, health-giving’
- Englishearliest quotation 1678salutiferous
Earliest quotation: 1678, Ralph Cudworth, London: […] Richard Royston: “innumerable auxiliatory powers, all of them salutiferous”.
Formed from -ous
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole, completed’
sold, save, solid, safe, holocaust, sol, sage, salvation, savior, salvage, xu, sou, salvo, salve, salvia, 31 more
through Latin salūs ‘health’
Today it means
adj Conducive to good health; healthy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- / salutiferous