Saussier

See also: saussier

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Two etymologies are known, which have gradually become the same surname: first, a toponymic surname referring to a willow grove,[1][2] from Middle French, Old French saule (“willow”), ultimately from Gaulish salico, Proto-Celtic *salik, Proto-Indo-European *salǝḱ-, *salǝk-; second, an occupational surname, from Late Latin salsārium, from Medieval Latin salsārius (“of or for salted things”), from Latin salsus (“salted, briny”), sāl (“salt”). The Middle French, Old French term saussier, attested from 1285, referenced to a cook or chef whose specialty was the preparation of sauces; the surname is also connected to the noun sauce.[3]

Both forms are primarily found in the Doubs region, in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /so.sje/

Proper noun

Saussier

  1. a surname

References
  1. Saucier sur geneanet.org
  2. La France du nom de famille des SAUCIER entre 1891 et 1915 sur geopatronyme.com
  3. Henri Moisy (1875) Noms de Famille normands : Étudiés dans leurs rapports avec la vieille langue et spécialement avec le dialecte normand ancien et moderne (in French), Paris: F. Vieweg, page 411: “Saulcier ou saucier, du bas-lat. salsarius, mot formé lui-même du lat. salsus, salé, était le nom que l’on donnait au moyen âge, au cuisinier qui avait spécialement dans ses attributions la préparation des sauces.”

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