Etymology of the English word salmagundi
the English word
salmagundiderived from the French word
salmigondisderived 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 salmagundi in English dates from the 17th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
