Where does “burger sauce” come from?

burger sauce (English) comes from English Burger, from English Hamburger, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.

burger sauce (English): A sauce used on burgers, composed of ketchup, mayonnaise, relish, and sometimes other ingredients, derived from Thousand Island dressing

Definitions

  1. A sauce used on burgers, composed of ketchup, mayonnaise, relish, and sometimes other ingredients, derived from Thousand Island dressing

Ancestry of “burger sauce”, step by step

burger sauce traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Burger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBurgerAlternative spelling of Burgher; A white wine...
2EnglishHamburgerA person from Hamburg
3English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
4Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
5Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
6Latin-ārefirst conjugation
7Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
8Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
11Chichewaiyehe, she

via English sauce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsauceA liquid condiment or accompaniment to food;...
2Middle EnglishsauceA sauce or gravy; a liquid condiment; A solution...
3Old Frenchsausesauce (condiment)
4Vulgar Latinsalsanominative feminine singular of salsus;...
5Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
6Latinsālsalt
7Proto-Italicsālssalt
8Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from English -erEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti