Saline
/ˈseɪ.laɪn/noun
Containing or consisting of common salt; salty.
Did you know?Salt, the root of 'saline,' was mixed into holy water by medieval priests for exorcisms, harnessing its ancient alchemical power to purify and repel demons.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sal-
“salt”
c. 700 BC
Lat
sal
“salt”
Classical Latin
Lat
salinus
“pertaining to salt, salty”
15th Century
Eng
saline
“of or containing salt”
Modern English
Eng
saline
“saline solution, salty”