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SaleEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
From Old English sealh (“willow tree”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗saleEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English sale, from Old English sala (“act of selling, sale”), from Old Norse sala (“sale”), from Proto-Germanic *salō (“delivery”), from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (“to grab”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗saleEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English sale, sal, from Old English sæl (“room, hall, castle”), from Proto-Germanic *salą (“house, hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“home, dwelling, village”). Cognate with West Frisian seal, Dutch zaal, German Saal, Swedish sal, Icelandic salur, Lithuanian sala (“village”). Doublet of sala and salle. Related also to salon, saloon.
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Mayhew–Skeat (1888)
1888; pinned HTML transcription updated October 28, 2024010
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historical dictionary9 CLAIM LINKS
Aguacate — Diccionario de la lengua española
Real Academia Española · Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española / 2024
publisherAUDIT EVERY USE ↗historical dictionary5 CLAIM LINKS
Poncho — Diccionario de la lengua española
Real Academia Española and ASALE Editors / 2026
author or editorAUDIT EVERY USE ↗historical dictionary4 CLAIM LINKS
Hamaca — Diccionario de la lengua española
Real Academia Española · Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española / 2024
publisherAUDIT EVERY USE ↗historical dictionary4 CLAIM LINKS
Llama — Diccionario de la lengua española
Real Academia Española and ASALE Editors / 2026
author or editorAUDIT EVERY USE ↗historical dictionary3 CLAIM LINKS
Alpaca — Diccionario de la lengua española
Real Academia Española and ASALE Editors / 2026
author or editorAUDIT EVERY USE ↗050
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