salad English · revision 7434

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1399|origins=la sal}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈsæl.əd/; /ˈsæl.ɪd/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English salat, salade, [[bor|fro|salade]] and Medieval Latin *salata,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Provençal salada,^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998)^(MWU 2024) from Vulgar Latin *salāta, salted, short for herba salata, salted vegetables,^(Etymonline) the feminine past participle of *salāre, to salt, from Latin [[m|la|sal|t=salt]] (see [[salt]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from PIE [[ine-pro|*sal-|t=salt]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A raw vegetable dish: before 1399 in Barnhart, the late 14th century in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Word Origins notes that the root implies it was the dressing or seasoning, not the vegetables, that originally characterized a salad.^(Cresswell 2021) Dutch salade, German Salat and Russian salat come from Romance.^(Etymonline) Raw vegetables or herbs used as food are from about 1460;^(OED 1989) in the US, colloquially, lettuce by 1838.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Dishes of chopped meat mixed with raw herbs, as chicken salad, followed.^(Etymonline) ''Salad days'', the time of youthful inexperience, is from Shakespeare's ''Antony and Cleopatra'' (1606): ''My salad days, when I was green in judgement''.^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) ''Salad oil'' is by the 1550s and ''salad bar'' by 1940.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1399 – a raw vegetable dish.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1550s – salad oil.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1606 – salad days.^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021)

+ * 1838 – lettuce (US).^(Etymonline)

+ * 1940 – salad bar.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A cold dish of raw or cooked [[vegetable|alt=vegetables]], usually with a dressing.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A dish of chopped food such as meat, fish or eggs mixed with a dressing: ''potato salad''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A vegetable, especially lettuce, eaten raw.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[chef's salad]]

+ * [[salad bar]]

+ * [[salad bowl]]

+ * [[salad burnet]]

+ * [[salad days]]

+ * [[salad dressing]]

+ * [[salad fork]]

+ * [[salad oil]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[salt]]

+ * [[saline]]

+ * [[salary]]

+ * [[sauce]]

+ * [[sausage]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}