Where does “saus” come from?

saus (Middle English) comes from Middle English sauce, from Old French sause, from Vulgar Latin salsa, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

saus (Middle English): Alternative form of sauce

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of sauce

Ancestry of “saus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishsauceA sauce or gravy; a liquid condiment; A solution...
2Old Frenchsausesauce (condiment)
3Vulgar Latinsalsanominative feminine singular of salsus;...
4Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →