Etymology

salubrious

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Today it means: Promoting health or well-being; wholesome, especially relating to food or air. Full definition →

Latin salūbris
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  1. Latin · derived fromsalūbris“healthy”
  2. English todaysalubrious

From Latin salūbris (“healthy”) + -ous.

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