Where does “saciccione” come from?

saciccione (Neapolitan) comes from Neapolitan saciccio, from Latin salsīcius, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

saciccione (Neapolitan): large sausage

Definitions

  1. large sausage

Ancestry of “saciccione”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Neapolitansacicciosausage
2Latinsalsīciusprepared with salt
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 →