Etymology

sausage

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Today it means: A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic casing. Full definition →

Middle English sawsiche ← Anglo-Norman sausiche
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  1. Anglo-Normansausiche
  2. Middle Englishsawsiche
  3. English todaysausage

From late Middle English sawsiche, from Anglo-Norman sausiche (compare Norman saûciche), from Late Latin salsīcia (compare Sicilian sausizza, Spanish salchicha, Italian salsiccia), feminine of salsīcius (“seasoned with salt”), derivative of Latin salsus (“salted”), from sal (“salt”). More at salt. Doublet of saucisse. See also Sicilian sausizza. Displaced native Old English mearh.

Words from the same roots

Latinsalsus all →

saucesalsa

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