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