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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.

sausagemaker (English): One who makes sausages

Definitions

  1. One who makes sausages

Ancestry of “sausagemaker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsausageA food made of ground meat and seasoning, packed...
2Middle Englishsawsiche—
3Anglo-Normansausiche—
4Old Frenchsaucice—
5Latinsalsīcius—
6Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
7Latinsāl—
8Proto-Italicsāls—
9Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →