English
sault
Sault comes from Middle French sault ‘jump’, and goes back to Latin saltus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaltus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600sault‘jump’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaltus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600sault‘jump’
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
In the sense "jump (made by a horse)", from Middle French sault, saut (and in the sense "waterfall", from that word's Colonial-era descendant, 17th-century French sault, corresponding to modern French saut (‘jump’)), from Latin saltus.
Linked words
through Latin saltus
Today it means
noun A leap or jump, especially one made by a horse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin saltus / sault