Where does “saucepan” come from?
Saucepan derives from English pan combined with English sauce, which comes from Latin salsus meaning salted.
saucepan (English): A deep cooking vessel with a handle and sometimes...
Definitions
- A deep cooking vessel with a handle and sometimes...
Ancestry of “saucepan”, step by step
saucepan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English PAN
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | PAN | Acronym of primary account number; Acronym of... |
| 2 | English | pantograph | A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms... |
| 3 | French | pantographe | pantograph |
| 4 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 5 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via English sauce
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sauce | A liquid condiment or accompaniment to food;... |
| 2 | Middle English | sauce | A sauce or gravy; a liquid condiment; A solution... |
| 3 | Old French | sause | sauce (condiment) |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | salsa | nominative feminine singular of salsus;... |
| 5 | Latin | salsus | salty, briny; salted; witty |
| 6 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |