Where does “صلصة” come from?

صلصة (Arabic) comes from Italian salsa, from Spanish salsa, from Vulgar Latin salsa, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

صلصة (Arabic): sauce

Definitions

  1. sauce

Ancestry of “صلصة”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansalsasauce
2Spanishsalsasauce, gravy; salsa
3Vulgar Latinsalsanominative feminine singular of salsus;...
4Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl
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