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Where does “saucisson” come from?

saucisson (English) comes from French saucisson, from French saucisse, from Old French saucice, from Latin salsīcius, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

saucisson (English): A saucisse

Definitions

  1. A saucisse

Ancestry of “saucisson”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchsaucissonLarge sausage, often well-spiced and dried such...
2Frenchsaucissesausage
3Old Frenchsaucice—
4Latinsalsīcius—
5Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
6Latinsāl—
7Proto-Italicsāls—
8Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →