Sausal

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proper noun

A river in Alameda County, California, United States.

OriginSpanish sauzal ← Old Spanish salze ← Latin salix →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A river in Alameda County, California, United States.
  2. A river in San Mateo County, California, United States.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sl̥H-ik-“willow”
  2. Latinsalix“willow”
  3. Old Spanishsalze
  4. Spanishsauzal“willow grove”
  5. EnglishSausal

From Spanish sauzal (“willow grove”), sauce (“willow”) + -al, from Old Spanish salze, from Latin salix (“willow”) (compare Catalan salze, Italian salice, Romanian salcie), from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- (“willow”).

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