Where does “salami” come from?
Salami comes from Italian salami, plural of salame, derived from Latin sal meaning salt, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sel-.
salami (English): A large cured meat sausage of Italian origin,...
Definitions
- A large cured meat sausage of Italian origin,...
Ancestry of “salami”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | salami | plural of salame |
| 2 | Italian | salame | salami |
| 3 | Italian | sale | salt, sal; plural of sala; third-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |
Words derived from “salami”