sauce

The story

1. Latin · derived fromsalsus“salted”
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*salsa
3. Old French · derived fromsause
4. Middle English · inherited fromsauce
5. English todaysauce

PIE word *sḗh₂l From Middle English sauce, from Old French sause, from Vulgar Latin *salsa, noun use of the feminine of Latin salsus (“salted”), past participle of saliō (“to salt”), from sal. Doublet of salsa. For the meaning development compare Ancient Greek ἥδυσμα (hḗdusma) ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus (whence also English sweet).

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