myEtymology.com: French etymology of saute

Etymology of the French word saute

the French word saute

derived from the French word sauter

derived from the Latin word saltare (dance, jump; portray or represent in a dance)

derived from the Latin word saltum

derived 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-

English saute