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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English samoun, salmon, [[bor|xno|samoun|t=salmon]], Old French salmun, saumon,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) from Latin [[m|la|salmō|t=salmon]], salmōnem,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) of uncertain origin, probably originally a leaper, from salīre, to leap (see [[salient]]),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) though some dismiss this as folk etymology, and another theory traces it to Celtic.^(Etymonline) The classical -l- was restored in English from the 16th century.^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)
+ It is [[inh|enm|samoun]], salmon, [[bor|xno|samoun|t=salmon]], [[fro|salmun]], saumon,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) from Latin [[m|la|salmō|t=salmon]], salmōnem,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) of uncertain origin, probably originally a leaper, from [[m|la|salīre]], to leap (see [[salient]]),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) though some dismiss this as folk etymology, and another theory traces it to Celtic.^(Etymonline) The classical -l- was restored in English from the 16th century.^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)
==Earliest recorded meaning==