Where does “σάλτσα” come from?

σάλτσα (Greek) comes from Italian salsa, from Spanish salsa, from Vulgar Latin salsa, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

σάλτσα (Greek): sauce, salsa

Definitions

  1. sauce, salsa

Ancestry of “σάλτσα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansalsasauce
2Spanishsalsasauce, gravy; salsa
3Vulgar Latinsalsanominative feminine singular of salsus;...
4Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “σάλτσα

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl