Where does “salchichero” come from?

salchichero (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.

salchichero (Spanish): sausage seller or maker

Definitions

  1. sausage seller or maker

Ancestry of “salchichero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsalchichasausage; hotdog
2Italiansalsicciasausage
3Latinsalsīcia
4Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl
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