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How the word somersault came about?

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∙ 16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

First attest in English in 1530, from Middle French sombresault, from Old Provencal sobresaut, from sobre "over" (from Latin supra "over") + saut"a jump," from Latin saltus (cf. modern slang 'salto'), from the root of salire "to leap"

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