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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.

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