sale

Opposite of
net, propre
Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sal/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French sale, from Old French sale (“dull, dirty”), from Frankish *salu (“dull, dirty grey”), from Proto-Germanic *salwaz (“dusky, dark, muddy”), from Proto-Indo-European *salw-, *sal- (“dirt, dirty”). Cognate with Old High German salo (“dull, dirty grey”), Old English salu (“dark, dusky”), Old Norse sǫlr (“yellowish”). More at sallow.

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