'Sausage' is Late Latin for 'salted meat' — cousin of 'sauce,' 'salad,' and 'salary.'
A short cylindrical tube of minced meat encased in a skin, typically sold raw to be grilled or fried before eating.
From Old North French 'saussiche' (variant of Old French 'saucisse'), from Late Latin 'salsīcia' (sausage, things pertaining to salt), from Latin 'salsus' (salted), past participle of 'sallere' (to salt), from 'sal' (salt), from PIE *séh₂ls (salt). The word literally means 'salted thing,' reflecting the central role of salt in ancient meat preservation. The PIE root *séh₂ls is one of the most widely attested in the family, appearing in virtually