Where does “salaried” come from?
Salaried derives from Middle English -ed added to salary, which comes from Old English -od, from Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, ultimately from Latin salarium, a compound of sal (salt) and -arius (agent suffix), with sal tracing to Proto-Indo-European seh₂l-.
salaried (English): Paid a salary, as opposed to being an hourly...
Definitions
- Paid a salary, as opposed to being an hourly...
Ancestry of “salaried”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | salary | A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually... |
| 2 | Middle English | salarie | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | salarie | Alternative form of salaire |
| 4 | Old French | salaire | salary |
| 5 | Latin | salārium | — |
| 6 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |
Words derived from “salaried”