Where does “salmagundi” come from?

salmagundi (English) comes from French salmigondis, from French salemine, from French sel, from Middle French sel, from Old French sel, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salmagundi (English): A food consisting of chopped meat and pickled...

Definitions

  1. A food consisting of chopped meat and pickled...

Ancestry of “salmagundi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsalmigondisseasoned salt meats
2Frenchsalemine—
3Frenchseltable salt, i.e. sodium chloride; salt; smelling...
4Middle Frenchselsalt
5Old Frenchselsalt
6Latinsālsalt
7Proto-Italicsālssalt
8Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “salmagundi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →