Where does “salsa” come from?

salsa (Tagalog) comes from Spanish salsa, from Vulgar Latin salsa, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salsa (Tagalog): salsa

Definitions

  1. salsa

Ancestry of “salsa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsalsasauce, gravy; salsa
2Vulgar Latinsalsanominative feminine singular of salsus;...
3Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “salsa

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l