Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗To add sauce to; to season. · To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate. · To make poignant; to give zest, flavour or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive. · To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to.
PIE word *sḗh₂l From Middle English sauce, from Old French sause, from Vulgar Latin *salsa, noun use of the feminine of Latin salsus (“salted”), past participle of saliō (“to salt”), from sal. Doublet of salsa. For the meaning development compare Ancient Greek ἥδυσμα (hḗdusma) ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus (whence also English sweet).
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"To add sauce to; to season.",
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