Salernum.
Salerno (a town in Italy)
Meaning & usage
Salerno (a town in Italy)
Where this word comes from
Possibilities include: * One of the cities' Etruscan nicknames, as it was originally colonized by Etruscans. * From an Italic (possibly Oscan) derivative of Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l (“salt”), as the colony was on the coast. * From a Mediterranean substrate *sala (“channel”), with the suffix -ern- typical of substrate names.
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