Etymology of the English word sallying
the English word
sallyingderived from the English word
sallyderived from the Old French word
sailliederived from the Old French word
saillirderived from the Latin word
salire (leap, jump; move suddenly; salt, salt down, preserve with salt; spurt, discharge, be ejected under force)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sel-Usage
Word found in Modern English