salad

Etymology

PIE word *séh₂ls From Middle English salade, from Old French salade, borrowed from Northern Italian salada, salata (compare insalata), from Vulgar Latin *salāta, from *salāre, from Latin saliō, from sal (“salt”). Vegetables were seasoned with brine or salty oil-and-vinegar dressings during Roman times.

noun

1. A food made primarily of a mixture of raw or cold ingredients, typically vegetables, usually served with a dressing such as vinegar or mayonnaise.
   chicken salad
   We'd like a couple of cheese salads and two Pepsis, please.
   1. Especially, such a mixture whose principal base is greens, most especially lettuce.
      romaine salad
      kale salad
2. A raw vegetable of the kind used in salads.
   sandwiches comprising a meat, a cheese, a salad, and a condiment
3. (idiomatic) Any varied blend or mixture.