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Where does “sarsa” come from?

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

sarsa (Cebuano): a sauce; roux; water roux

Definitions

  1. a sauce; roux; water roux

Ancestry of “sarsa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsalsasauce, gravy; salsa
2Vulgar Latinsalsanominative feminine singular of salsus;...
3Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
4Latinsāl—
5Proto-Italicsāls—
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →