Where does “spiedie sauce” come from?
spiedie sauce (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 — salt.
spiedie sauce (English): A sauce consisting of oil, vinegar, lemon juice and herbs like oregano, in which spiedie sandwiches are marinated
Definitions
- A sauce consisting of oil, vinegar, lemon juice and herbs like oregano, in which spiedie sandwiches are marinated
Ancestry of “spiedie sauce”, step by step
spiedie sauce traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sauce
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | sauce (condiment) |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | salsa | nominative feminine singular of salsus;... |
| 5 | Latin | salsus | salty, briny; salted; witty |
| 6 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |