Where does “salsiccia” come from?

salsiccia (Italian) comes from Latin salsīcia, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salsiccia (Italian): sausage

Definitions

  1. sausage

Ancestry of “salsiccia”, step by step

salsiccia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin salsīcia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsalsīcia—
2Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Latin salsīcius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsalsīciusprepared with salt

Words derived from “salsiccia”

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