sajolida
Catalan
Alternative forms
- saborija, sadorija
Etymology
By metathesis from earlier sadorija, from Latin satureia. The ⟨l⟩ may be due to the influence of oliva, since the herb is used to flavour olives.
Hyponyms
- sajolida de bosc (“winter savoury”)
- sajolida de jardí (“summer savoury”)
Further reading
- “sajolida” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sajolida” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “sajolida”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
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