Where does “sous” come from?

sous (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch saus, from Middle Dutch sause, from Old French sauce, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

sous (Afrikaans): sauce

Definitions

  1. sauce

Ancestry of “sous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsaussauce
2Middle Dutchsause—
3Old Frenchsaucesauce; willow
4Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →