Where does “sausage” come from?

Sausage comes from Middle English sausige, from Anglo-Norman saussiche, from Late Latin salsicia, from Latin salsicius meaning "salted," ultimately derived from Latin sal meaning "salt."

sausage (English): A food made of ground meat and seasoning, packed...

Definitions

A food made of ground meat and seasoning, packed...

Ancestry of “sausage”, step by step

sausage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English sawsiche

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle English	sawsiche	sausage
2	Anglo-Norman	sausiche	—
3	Old French	saucice	sausage
4	Latin	salsīcius	prepared with salt
5	Latin	salsus	salty, briny; salted; witty
6	Latin	sāl	salt
7	Proto-Italic	sāls	salt
8	Proto-Indo-European	*sḗh₂l	salt

via Vulgar Latin salsicia

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Vulgar Latin	salsicia	preserved meat, sausage
2	Latin	salsicius	seasoned with salt

Words derived from “sausage”

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