10 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
noun an opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises)
originEtymology tree Latin salūs Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin salutō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōrius Latin salūtātōriusbor. English salutatory Borrowed from Latin salūtātōrius.
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