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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
SALAD.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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SALAD,
raw herbs cup up and seasoned. (F.,—Ital.,—L.) M.E.
salade, Flower and the Leaf, l. 412.—F. salade, 'a sallet of
herbs;' Cot.—O. Ital. salata, 'a salad of herbes;' Florio.
Fem. of Ital. salato, 'salt, powdred, sowsed, pickled, salted;' Florio.
This is the pp. of salare, 'to salt;' id.—Ital. sal, sale,
salt.—L. sal, salt. See Salt.
[†] ADDENDA So
also Span. ensalada, salad, orig. herbs dressed with salt, oil,
&c. The notion of seasoning with salt was orig. implied in salad,
but in course of time it has come to pass that salting has very little to
do with what it now implies. Cf. N. and Q. 3 S. x. 178.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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