150: sausage and salsa May 7, 2015
What does sausage and salsa have in common?
Besides both being tasty foods, the words both have the same derivation: the Latin word 'salsus'. This word means 'salty', but more often used in the sense of witty, or snarky. The reason why 'sausage' and 'salsa' sound different is that 'salsa' came to English via Spanish, and 'sausage' came to English via Old Northern French 'saussiche', which in turn came from medieval Latin 'salsicia'.
Besides both being tasty foods, the words both have the same derivation: the Latin word 'salsus'. This word means 'salty', but more often used in the sense of witty, or snarky. The reason why 'sausage' and 'salsa' sound different is that 'salsa' came to English via Spanish, and 'sausage' came to English via Old Northern French 'saussiche', which in turn came from medieval Latin 'salsicia'.