Pontifex maximus pointed out that the term existed before there were any bridges in Rome and derived the word from Old Latin "pontis" (sic) meaning a powerful or absolute master, while others derived it from "potis facere" in the sense of "able to sacrifice". The last derivation is mentioned also by Varro, who rejected it, but it was the view of Pontifex Maximus Quintus Scaevola. Others have held that the word was originally "pompifex" (leader of public processions). The word "pons" originally meant "way" and "pontifex" would thus mean "maker of roads and bridges". Another opinion is that the word is a
Salami Romanian, Bulgarian, and Turkish, the word is "salam"; in Hungarian, it is "szalámi"; while Polish, Czecho-Slovak, French, German, and Dutch have the same word as English. The name may be derived from the Latin words "salsiccia" and "salumen". The word originates from the word "sale" (salt) with a termination ("ame") that in Italian indicates a collective noun. Thus, it originally meant "all kinds of salted (meats)". The Italian tradition of cured meats includes several styles, and the word "salame" soon specifically meant only the most popular kind—a salted and spiced meat, ground and extruded into an elongated, thin casing (usually