Etymology of the English word salami
the English word
salamiderived from the Italian word
salamiderived from the Italian word
salamederived from the Latin root
*salamenderived from the Vulgar Latin word
salarederived from the New Latin word
sal (salt; wit)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sal-Date
The earliest known usage of salami in English dates from the 19th century.
Cognates
Dutch
salami, French
salami, German
Salami, Norwegian
salami, Swedish
salamiUsage
Word found in Modern English
