Etymology of the English word saltationism
the English word
saltationismderived from the English word
saltationderived from the Latin word
saltatio (dancing; dance)
derived from the Latin word
saltatus (dancing, a dance)
derived from the Latin word
saltare (dance, jump; portray or represent in a dance)
derived from the Latin word
saltumderived 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-using the English suffix
-ismderived from the French suffix
-ismderived from the Latin suffix
-ismusderived from the Greek suffix
-ismos, -ισμός
suffix for verbs ending in "-izein" (cf. Latin "-izare")
Derivations in other languages
Italian
saltazionismoUsage
Word found in Modern English
