myEtymology.com: French etymology of sauce

Etymology of the French word sauce

the Old French word sauce

derived from the Latin word salsa

derived from the Latin word salsus (salted, salty, preserved in salt)

derived from the Latin word sallere (salt, salt down, preserve with salt)

derived from the New Latin word sal (salt; wit)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sal-

English sauce, English tartare, Romanian sos

Dutch saus, English sauce, German Soße, Icelandic sósa, Italian salsa, Spanish salsa, Swedish sos

Word found in Old French