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Where does “sassily” come from?

sassily (English) comes from English sassy, from English sass, from English sauce, from Middle English sauce, from Old French sause, from Vulgar Latin salsa, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl.

sassily (English): In a sassy manner

Definitions

  1. In a sassy manner

Ancestry of “sassily”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsassyBold and spirited, cheeky, impudent, saucy;...
2EnglishsassBacktalk, cheek, sarcasm; Vegetables used in...
3EnglishsauceA liquid condiment or accompaniment to food;...
4Middle EnglishsauceA sauce or gravy; a liquid condiment; A solution...
5Old Frenchsause—
6Vulgar Latinsalsanominative feminine singular of salsus;...
7Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
8Latinsāl—
9Proto-Italicsāls—
10Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →