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Where does “sause” come from?

sause (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin salsa, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

Ancestry of “sause”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinsalsanominative feminine singular of salsus;...
2Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
3Latinsāl—
4Proto-Italicsāls—
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—

Words derived from “sause”

  • sauce
  • saucepan
  • saucy
  • sassy
  • applesauce
  • saucily
  • sass
  • sauciness
  • sauceboat
  • saucier
  • sassiness
  • saucepot
  • sassily
  • saucebox
  • saucelike
  • saucepanful
  • sauceless
  • oversauce
  • béchamel sauce
  • awesome sauce
  • weaksauce
  • -sauce
  • dopesauce
  • crazysauce
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