salus

Meaning

  1. (declension-3) safety; security
  2. (declension-3) health, well-being, welfare
  3. (declension-3) salvation, deliverance
  4. (declension-3) greeting, salutation

Opposite of
aegritūdō, morbus, malum, pestis, incommodum
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈsa.ɫuːs]
Etymology

From Proto-Italic *salūts, from earlier *solūts, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-uHts, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, completed”). Cognates From PIE: Faliscan 𐌔𐌀𐌋𐌖𐌄𐌔 (salues) and doublet of salvus.

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