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salto

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables
salto
IPA
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A somersault.

name

A surname from Spanish.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian salto (“jump, leap”), from Latin saltus (“jump, leap”). Compare German Salto, French salto, Dutch salto, Hungarian szaltó. Doublet of saltus.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

saltos (plural)

Questions

What does salto mean?
A somersault.
Where does salto come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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