Where does “saucisse” come from?

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

saucisse (French): sausage

Definitions

  1. sausage

Ancestry of “saucisse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsaucicesausage
2Latinsalsīciusprepared with salt
3Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “saucisse”

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