Where does “saucepot” come from?
saucepot (English) comes from English sauce, from Middle English sauce, from Old French sause, from Vulgar Latin salsa, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
saucepot (English): A pot used to make sauce; A woman who behaves in...
Definitions
- A pot used to make sauce; A woman who behaves in...
Ancestry of “saucepot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | salsa | nominative feminine singular of salsus;... |
| 5 | Latin | salsus | salty, briny; salted; witty |
| 6 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |