salsa
/ˈsalsa/ · B1 · noun · f
sauce
🍅🌶️ salsa = salted: from Latin salsus, same root as salt, sauce and salad
Latin sal (salt) gave salsus (salted), which became Spanish salsa and English sauce. The music genre took the name later, for a spicy mix of rhythms. It is feminine: la salsa.