sauscistre
Old French
Alternative forms
- sawcitre
Etymology
Of unclear origin; possibly from Late Latin *salsīcior (literally “saltiness”), from salsīcius (“salty”) + -or (abstract nominal suffix). Alternatively from Late Latin *salsīculus, from salsīcius (“salty”) + -ulus (dimininutive suffix), with either analogical palatalisation of /k/ or metathesis. Compare Medieval Latin salsīstrum, salsīstra.
Pronunciation
- (classical, late) IPA(key): /sau̯ˈsistrə/
Noun
sauscistre m (oblique plural sauscistres, nominative singular sauscistres, nominative plural sauscistre)
- (Anglo-Norman, rare) sausage
Descendants
- → Middle English: sawcistre, salsister, salsyster, saucestre, sausister, sawsestyr, sawcyster; saustre, saustyre, sawstyre
- Scots: sauster, saster
References
- “saucistre m.”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.