English word salary comes from Latin salem, and later Latin salarius (A dealer in salted fish. Of or pertaining to salt.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| salem | Latin (lat) | |
| salarius | Latin (lat) | A dealer in salted fish. Of or pertaining to salt. |
| salarium | Latin (lat) | A meal. A salary, stipend, allowance, pension; originally money given to soldiers with which to buy salt. |
| salaire | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | Salary (fixed amount of money paid to a worker per month, per year, etc.). |
| salarie | Anglo-Norman (xno) | |
| salarie | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | |
| salary | English (en) | (obsolete) saline A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy. To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation. |