Etymology

salumeria

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Today it means: a shop specializing in salami and the like: a butchershop, delicatessen Full definition →

Italian salumeria ← Latin salem ← Proto-Italic *sāls
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l
  2. Proto-Italic*sāls
  3. Latinsalem
  4. Italiansale
  5. Italiansalume
  6. Italiansalumeria
  7. English todaysalumeria

Borrowed from Italian salumeria.

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