Etymology

Salvadoran

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Today it means: A person from El Salvador or of Salvadoran descent. Full definition →

English Salvador ← Portuguese Salvador ← Old Galician-Portuguese salvador
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*solh₂-
  2. Proto-Italic*sal(V)wos
  3. Latinsalvus
  4. Latinsalvō
  5. Latinsalvātōrem
  6. Old Spanishsalvador
  7. Spanishsalvador
  8. SpanishSalvador
  9. Latinsalvātōrem
  10. Old Galician-Portuguesesalvador
  11. Portuguesesalvador
  12. PortugueseSalvador
  13. EnglishSalvador
  14. English todaySalvadoran

From Salvador + -an.

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