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 — salt.

sause (Old French): sauce (condiment)

Definitions

  1. sauce (condiment)

Ancestry of “sause”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinsalsanominative feminine singular of salsus;...
2Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
3Latinsālsalt
4Proto-Italicsālssalt
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “sause

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl
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