Where does “salsiccione” come from?

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

salsiccione (Italian): a large sausage

Definitions

  1. a large sausage

Ancestry of “salsiccione”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansalsicciasausage
2Latinsalsīcia—
3Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →