proper noun
a surname
Two etymologies are known, which have gradually become the same surname: first, a toponymic surname referring to a willow grove, 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 12