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salsa
Spanish · medieval
"sauce"
meaning "sauce", from Latin "salsus" (salted)
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Stage 2 of 3
salsa
Cuban/Puerto Rican Spanish · 1960s-1970s
"a lively Latin music and dance genre"
applied metaphorically to a spicy, energetic Latin music and dance genre
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Stage 3 of 3
salsa
English · 1970s-1980s
"a Latin dance style; a spicy sauce"
adopted for both the music genre and the spicy tomato-based condiment
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