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English word salary comes from Latin salem, and later Latin salarius (A dealer in salted fish. Of or pertaining to salt.)
salem (Latin)
salarius (Latin)
A dealer in salted fish. Of or pertaining to salt.
salarium (Latin)
A meal. A salary, stipend, allowance, pension; originally money given to soldiers with which to buy salt.
salaire (Old French)
Salary (fixed amount of money paid to a worker per month, per year, etc.).
salarie (Anglo-Norman)
salarie (Middle English)
salary (English)
(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.