Etymology

saline

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Today it means: Containing salt; salty. Full definition →

Middle English salyne ← Medieval Latin salīna ← Middle French salin
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsal“salt”
  2. Middle French · derived fromsalin
  3. Medieval Latin · derived fromsalīna
  4. Middle English · inherited fromsalyne
  5. English todaysaline

PIE word *sḗh₂l From Middle English salyne, from Medieval Latin salīna and Middle French salin, from Latin sal (“salt”).

Words from the same roots

Latinsal all →

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