'sausage' originates from Vulgar Latin, specifically the word 'salsīca', where the root 'sals-' meant 'salted'.

'sausage' changed from Vulgar Latin 'salsīca' into Old French (e.g. 'saussiche' or 'saucisse'), entered Middle English as forms like 'sawesage'/'sausyage', and eventually became the modern English word 'sausage'.

Initially, it meant 'salted (meat)' or 'something salted', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'ground, seasoned meat usually stuffed in a casing'.