Where does “lamesauce” come from?
lamesauce (English) comes from English -sauce, from English awesome sauce, from English sauce, from Middle English sauce, from Old French sause, from Vulgar Latin salsa, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl — salt.
lamesauce (English): Something that is undesirable or detrimental; An...
Definitions
- Something that is undesirable or detrimental; An...
Ancestry of “lamesauce”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -sauce | awesome + API → awesomesauce; weak + API →... |
| 2 | English | awesome sauce | Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic... |
| 3 | English | sauce | A liquid condiment or accompaniment to food;... |
| 4 | Middle English | sauce | A sauce or gravy; a liquid condiment; A solution... |
| 5 | Old French | sause | sauce (condiment) |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | salsa | nominative feminine singular of salsus;... |
| 7 | Latin | salsus | salty, briny; salted; witty |
| 8 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |