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Where does the word "salami" come from? It comes from Italian salame, and was adopted directly into English (1800s).
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Where does the word "salami" come from? It comes from Italian salame, and was adopted directly into English (1800s).
Salami’s story begins in Italian: salame meant “salted, cured sausage.” A cured sausage, from sale (salt), the preservation method. It reached English by 1800s as salami. From Italian 'sale', salt; plural of 'salame'. Today, salami means a cured, air-dried sausage, typically seasoned and salted.
- Stage 1 · Italian · medieval salame "salted, cured sausage", a cured sausage, from sale (salt), the preservation method.
- Stage 2 · English · 1800s salami "a cured, seasoned sausage", from Italian 'sale', salt; plural of 'salame'.