Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saltless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: salt-less
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

insipid; tasteless

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin saliō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin saltusbor. English salt Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English saltless From salt + -less.

Derived Forms

saltlessness

Questions

What does saltless mean?: free of salt
Where does saltless come from?: Etymology tree Latin saliō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin saltusbor. English salt Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English saltless From salt + -less.

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