Etymograph

English

saucisson

Saucisson comes from French saucisson ‘large sausage, often well-spiced and dried…’, from Latin sāl ‘salt’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂l1‘salt’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sāls1‘salt’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsāl2‘salt’
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentsalsiccia3‘sausage’
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentsalsiccione4‘large sausage’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600saulcisson4‘large sausage’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentsaucisson5‘large sausage, often well-spiced and dried such as salami’
  8. Englishtodaysaucisson5

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin sal
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Italian salsiccia
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Italian salsiccione
  4. 4 Wiktionary, French saucisson
  5. 5 Wiktionary, English saucisson

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sḗh₂lWiktionary, Latin sal‘salt’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sālsWiktionary, Latin sal‘salt’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsālWiktionary, Italian salsiccia‘salt’
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentsalsicciaWiktionary, Italian salsiccione‘sausage’
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentsalsiccioneWiktionary, French saucisson‘large sausage’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600saulcissonWiktionary, French saucisson‘large sausage’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentsaucissonWiktionary, English saucisson‘large sausage, often well-spiced and dried such as salami’
  8. EnglishtodaysaucissonWiktionary, English saucisson

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l ‘salt’

salt, salsa, halogen, saucer, 29 more

through Latin sāl ‘salt’

salary, salad, sauce, cellar, sausage, sal, saline, salami, salina, 12 more

Today it means

noun A saucisse.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “saucisson”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin sal, Italian salsiccia, Italian salsiccione, French saucisson. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l / saucisson

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