sali-, salt-, sult-
(Latin: to leap, to jump, to spring forward)
Don't confuse this sali-, salt-; "jump" unit with another sal-, sali- unit which refers to "salt".
Latin origins of words in English (jump, spring forward)
When someone has been "jumped on", as is sometimes used figuratively in English, that person is using a classical authority as the source for "insult"; which is the Latin insultare, "to jump on".
Expanding the meanings of related words, we have resultare, "to spring back", and the "result" of an action is that which "comes back" to a person. Also, "to exult" is to leap out or up and is a vivid way of expressing a strong feeling.
Etymologically, all of these words come from salire, "to leap". Sometimes we hear the expression "salient features" or "salient points", meaning those features or points which leap up to attract attention. "Resiliency" is the power of "springing back" or "recovery".
An unusual word which is a member of this family unit is saltare, which means to leap often or continuously; that is, "to dance". If you would like to be more sophisticated, instead of using the word "dance", you could say that you were participating in a "saltatorial-social activity".
insulter
insultingly
resile, resiles, resiling, resiled
1. To spring back, especially to resume a former position or structure after being stretched or compressed.
2. To draw back; to recoil.
3. To draw back from an agreement, contract, statement, etc. Synonyms include: to bow out, to chicken out, to back down, to back off, to pull out.
4. To spring back; to spring away from an impact: "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide."
5. Formally to reject or to disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure: "He retracted his earlier statements about his religious beliefs."
resilience
1. The physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit.
2. Elasticity; the ability of matter to spring back quickly into shape after being bent, stretched, or deformed.
3. The ability of a person to recover, or to rebound, quickly from a setback.
4. Etymology: from Latin resiliens, resilire, "to rebound, to recoil"; from re- "back" + salire, "to jump, to leap".
resiliency
1. Anyone who has the ability to recover readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like; personal buoyancy.
2. The power or ability of a material (metal, plastic, etc.) to return to an original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.
resilient
1. Able to recover quickly from setbacks; springing back; rebounding.
2. Being able to spring back quickly into shape after being bent, stretched, or squashed.
3. Marked by the ability to recover readily, as from misfortune or disastrous situations: "The killers who struck this week are brutal and violent," President Bush said, "but terror will not have the final word because the people of India are resilient. They can withstand this trial."
4. Able to become strong, healthy, or successful again after something bad happens: "Many people are hoping that the economy will be resilient and recover."
5. With computer technology, the ability to recover from a failure.
The term may be applied to hardware, software, or data.
6. Etymology: from about 1626, from Latin
resiliens, resilire, "to rebound, to recoil"; from
re-, "back" +
salire, "to jump, to leap".
resultant
resultantly
salacious
salaciously
salaciousness
salience
1. A pronounced or striking feature, point, or part; a highlight.
2. Relative importance based on context.
3. Being prominent or important.
salient
1. Particularly noticeable, striking, conspicuous, prominent, or relevant: "He always seemed to stay with the salient facts and his mother had salient characteristics."
2. Sticking out from a surface.
3. Describes an angle that projects outward from a polygon.
4. Projecting or jutting beyond a line or surface; protruding.
5. In heraldry, represented as a jumping or leaping animal.
6. A part of a military front line, or fortification, that projects outward into enemy-held territory or toward the enemy.
salientian
The name for for any member of the order of amphibians knowns as Salientia, which includes frogs, toads, and tree toads.
salita
1. To climb.
2. To rise, to increase.
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