Where does “salchichón” come from?

salchichón (Spanish) comes from Spanish salchicha, from Italian salsiccia, from Latin salsīcia, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salchichón (Spanish): thick sausage for slicing

Definitions

  1. thick sausage for slicing

Ancestry of “salchichón”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsalchichasausage; hotdog
2Italiansalsicciasausage
3Latinsalsīcia—
4Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “salchichón”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →