Etymology

salto mortale

Today it means: A dangerous and daring jump with possibly lethal outcome. Full definition →

Italian salto
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  1. Italian · derived fromsalto“leap”
  2. English todaysalto mortale

From Italian salto (“leap”) + mortale (“deadly”).

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