Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
Worcestershire sauce
noun · first attested 19th century
The sauce is named for an English county.
A thin fermented sauce of vinegar, anchovy and tamarind.
42.2714°N -71.7989°W · Q49179
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- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Worcester
- In English
Worcestershire sauce
It was first sold from a shop in Worcester in the 1830s, and the county's name has been hard to spell ever since.
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