Where does “saucisson” come from?

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

saucisson (French): Large sausage, often well-spiced and dried such...

Definitions

  1. Large sausage, often well-spiced and dried such...

Ancestry of “saucisson”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsaucissesausage
2Old Frenchsaucicesausage
3Latinsalsīciusprepared with salt
4Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “saucisson

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l
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