Where does “salsa” come from?

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

salsa (Cebuano): salsa; a spicy tomato sauce; salsa music; any of...

Definitions

  1. salsa; a spicy tomato sauce; salsa music; any of...

Ancestry of “salsa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsalsaA spicy tomato sauce, often including onions and...
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 *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →