Etymology

Sausalito

Sau·sa·li·to
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Today it means: A city in Marin County, California, United States. Full definition →

Spanish sauzal
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The story

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromsauzal“willow grove”
  2. English todaySausalito

From Spanish sauzal (“willow grove”) + -ito (diminutive suffix).

Words from the same roots

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