sel
French
noun
Definitions
- table saltsalt, i.e. sodium chloride (NaCl)
- (chemistry) saltsalt
- (in the plural) smelling salts
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French sel inherited from Old French sel inherited from Latin salem, sal, sāl (salt, wit) derived from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l- (salt).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*seh₂l-
Gloss
salt
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
塩
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- saltierra English
- sal Latin
- sale Latin
- salem, sal, sāl Latin
- salem, sāl Latin
- sāl Latin
- sale Italian
- persel French
- protosel French
- sursel French
- desalar Spanish, Castilian
- sal Spanish, Castilian
- salado Spanish, Castilian
- salero Spanish, Castilian
- salpicar Spanish, Castilian
- *seh₂l- Proto-Indo-European
- *séh₂ls Proto-Indo-European
- sal Portuguese
- *saltaną Proto-Germanic
- *saltą Proto-Germanic
- sel Old French
- աղ Old Armenian
- saïl Norman
- sel Middle French
- sal Old Portuguese
- sal Romansh
- sal Asturian
- sâl Friulian
- sal Old Occitan
- sal Old Spanish
- sali Sicilian
- sal Venetian
- *śālā Proto-Albanian
- *salHdus Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *saˀldus Proto-Balto-Slavic
- sáál Navajo, Navaho
- sal Kabuverdianu
- disel Mauritian Creole
- sé Walloon
- sal Istriot
- disel Seychellois Creole
- sal Franco-Provençal
- sal Chavacano
- saa Lombard
- sal Piedmontese
- sêl Romagnol
- sayu Maquiritari