Etymology

salue

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Today it means: To greet; to salute. Full definition →

Middle English saluen ← Old French saluer ← Latin salūtāre
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The story

  1. Latinsalūs
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Latinsalūtāre
  5. Old Frenchsaluder
  6. Old Frenchsaluer
  7. Middle Englishsaluen
  8. English todaysalue

Inherited from Middle English saluen, borrowed from Old French saluer, from saluder, from Latin salūtāre, from salūs + -āris.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.