salle

hall; room (in a house); front of house (public area of a restaurant, theatre, etc.); sports hall; gym

“en salle”

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sel-der. Proto-Germanic *saliz Frankish *salider. Old French saleder. Middle French salle French salle Inherited from Middle French salle, from Old French sale (“a large room, large reception hall”), from Frankish *sal (“dwelling, house, entrance hall”), from Proto-Germanic *salą (“dwelling, house, hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“human settlement, village, dwelling”). More at salon. Cognates Cognate with Old High German sal (“dwelling, house, entrance