English word sauce comes from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, English salt mine, Proto-Indo-European *sal-yo-, Proto-Indo-European *sl̥i-, and later Latin sal (Salt. Wit.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *séh₂l- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| salt mine | English (en) | (by extension) Any laborious work situation, especially in a confined space.. Any mine used for the extraction of salt. |
| *sal-yo- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *sl̥i- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| sal | Latin (lat) | Salt. Wit. |
| salire | Latin (lat) | (jump, spring). (salt, sprinkle). |
| salax | Latin (lat) | (especially of male animals) Prone to leaping.. Lust-provoking, provocative.. Salacious, lustful, lecherous, lascivious. |
| salsus | Latin (lat) | (figuratively) witty. Salted (preserved in salt). Salty. |
| *salsa | Vulgar Latin (la-vul) | |
| sauce | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | Willow (tree) Sauce (condiment). |
| sauce | English (en) | (UK, Australia) tomato sauce (similar to US tomato ketchup), as in:. (US, obsolete, _, slang, 1800s) Vegetables.. (art) A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.. (bodybuilding) Anabolic steroids.. (dated) Cheek; impertinence; backtalk; sass.. (internet slang) used when requesting the source of an image or other posted material.. (obsolete, UK, US, dialect) Any [...] |