Where does “salsa” come from?

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

salsa (Latin): nominative feminine singular of salsus;...

Definitions

  1. nominative feminine singular of salsus;...

Ancestry of “salsa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “salsa”

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