Saumure
/soʊˈmjʊər/noun
Brine or a salty liquid used for preserving food, especially in historical or specialized English usage.
Did you know?Saumure comes through French from Latin salmuria, linking it to the ancient world’s most valuable preservative: salt, which was also associated with contracts, sacrifice, and purification.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sal-
“Salt; the mineral associated with preservation and flavor”
Classical Latin
Latin
sal
“Salt”
Late Latin
Latin
salmūria
“Brine or salt water used in preserving food”
Old French
Old French
saumure
“Brine; salty preserving liquid”
Middle English
English
saumure
“Brine or pickle liquor, chiefly in specialized or dialectal usage”
Modern English
English
saumure
“An archaic or specialized term for brine”