Where does “sauce” come from?
sauce (Middle English) comes from Old French sause, from Vulgar Latin salsa, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.
sauce (Middle English): A sauce or gravy; a liquid condiment; A solution...
Definitions
- A sauce or gravy; a liquid condiment; A solution...
Ancestry of “sauce”, step by step
sauce traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French sause
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | sause | sauce (condiment) |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | salsa | nominative feminine singular of salsus;... |
| 3 | Latin | salsus | salty, briny; salted; witty |
| 4 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |
via Old French sauce
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | sauce | sauce; willow |