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English word salmon comes from Latin salmō (meaning salmon and of unknown origin; possibly from Celtic or from Latin saliō - to leap, although there is little evidence for this), and later Old French saumon (also meaning salmon)
salmō (Latin)
Salmon (fish)
saumon (Old French)
Salmon (fish)
saumon (Anglo-Norman)
samon (Middle English)
salmon (English)
Fish. (Cockney rhyming slang) snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout). (plural salmons) A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.. One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily. Having a pale pinkish-orange colour.