salvo

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a sudden outburst of cheers

   There was a salvo of approval.

An alteration from 1719 of salva (“simultaneous discharge of guns”) (1591) from Latin salva (“salute, volley”) (compare French salve, also from Italian), from Latin salve (“hail”), the usual Roman greeting, imperative of salvere (“to be in good health”).

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