Where does “sause” come from?
sause (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French sauce, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
Ancestry of “sause”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | sauce | sauce; willow |
| 2 | Latin | salsus | salty, briny; salted; witty |
| 3 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |
Words derived from “sause”