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salami

[suh-lah-mee] Origin

sa·la·mi

[suh-lah-mee]
noun
a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.

Origin:
1850–55; < Italian, plural of salame < Vulgar Latin *salāmen, equivalent to *salā(re) to salt + Latin -men noun suffix; see sal
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salami (səˈlɑːmɪ)
 
n
a highly seasoned type of sausage, usually flavoured with garlic
 
[C19: from Italian, plural of salame, from Vulgar Latin salāre (unattested) to salt, from Latin sal salt]

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salami
"salted, flavored It. sausage," 1852, from It. salami, pl. of salame "spiced pork sausage," from V.L. *salamen, from *salare "to salt," from L. sal (gen. salis) "salt" (see salt).
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