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Sausage

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means ground meat seasoned and stuffed into a casing
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Stage 1 of 3
salsicia
Latin · ancient
"salted meat"
meaning "salted", describing preserved meat
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Stage 2 of 3
saussiche
Old French · medieval
"sausage"
carried the salted-meat product into French
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Stage 3 of 3
sausage
English · medieval
"ground, seasoned meat in a casing"
settled as the English word for the food
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