Where does “sausagemaker” come from?

sausagemaker (English) comes from English sausage, from Middle English sawsiche, from Anglo-Norman sausiche, from Old French saucice, from Latin salsīcius, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls — salt.

sausagemaker (English): One who makes sausages

Definitions

  1. One who makes sausages

Ancestry of “sausagemaker”, step by step

sausagemaker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sausage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsausageA food made of ground meat and seasoning, packed...
2Middle Englishsawsichesausage
3Anglo-Normansausiche
4Old Frenchsaucicesausage
5Latinsalsīciusprepared with salt
6Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
7Latinsālsalt
8Proto-Italicsālssalt
9Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via English maker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmakerSomeone who makes; a person or thing that makes...
2Middle EnglishmakerGod as creator of all; Someone who makes; a...
3Middle EnglishmakenTo make or create; to have something made
4Old Englishmacianto make
5Emilianmâciaspot, stain
6LatinMacula
7Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂
8Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l