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salvia
Salvia comes from Latin salvia ‘sage’, from salvus ‘well, unharmed’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-‘whole’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*salawos‘whole’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalvus‘well, unharmed’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalvia‘sage’
- mulmodernSalvia
- Englishearliest quotation 2007salvia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-‘whole’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*salawos‘whole’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalvus‘well, unharmed’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsalvia‘sage’
- mulmodernSalvia
- Englishearliest quotation 2007salvia
Earliest quotation: 2007, Leslie Land, Garden Q.&A.: “But strong-stemmed bushy plants like salvias, coneflowers, cosmos, marigolds,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole’
sold, solid, holocaust, sol, xu, salute, sou, salutation, salutary, salubrious, 29 more
through Proto-Italic *salawos ‘whole’
through Latin salvus ‘well, unharmed’
save, safe, salvation, savior, salvage, salvo, salve, 8 more
through Latin salvia ‘sage’
Today it means
noun A plant in the genus Salvia, such as sage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- / salvia