Where does “сальса” come from?
сальса (Russian) comes from Spanish salsa, from Vulgar Latin salsa, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
сальса (Russian): salsa
Ancestry of “сальса”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | salsa | sauce, gravy; salsa |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | salsa | nominative feminine singular of salsus;... |
| 3 | Latin | salsus | salty, briny; salted; witty |
| 4 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |