Where does “salsa” come from?

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

salsa (Catalan): sauce; salsa

Definitions

  1. sauce; salsa

Ancestry of “salsa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinsalsanominative feminine singular of salsus;...
2Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →
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