saloon

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sel-“dwelling”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*salą
3. Italian · derived fromsalone“hall”
4. French · derived fromsalon
5. Occitan · derived fromsalon
6. English todaysaloon

From Occitan salon, French salon, either augmentative of salle (“room”), or borrowed from Italian salone (“hall”), augmentative form of sala, salla (“room”); in both cases borrowed from a Germanic source such as Old High German sal (“house, hall”), from Proto-Germanic *salą, from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“dwelling”). Doublet of salon.

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