salami

(sə lä′mē)

noun

a highly spiced, salted sausage, orig. Italian, of pork and beef, or of beef alone

Origin: It, pl. of salame, preserved meat, salt pork < VL *salamen, for LL salsamen, salted food < L salsus: see sauce

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noun pl. sa·la·mis

Any of various highly spiced and salted sausages, made from beef or a mixture of pork and beef.

Origin:

Origin: Italian

Origin: , pl. of salame, salami

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *salāmen

Origin: , from *salāre, to salt

Origin: , from Latin sāl, salt; see sal- in Indo-European roots

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