The story
- Old French · derived fromsalemine
- Middle French · derived fromsalomene“hodgepodge of meats or fish cooked in wine”
- Middle French · derived fromsalmigondin
- French · derived fromsalmigondis“seasoned salt meats”
- English todaysalmagundi
From French salmigondis (“seasoned salt meats”), from Middle French salmigondin, probably related to Middle French salomene (“hodgepodge of meats or fish cooked in wine”), from Old French salemine.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.