Where does “salaryless” come from?

salaryless (English) comes from English salary, from Middle English salarie, from Anglo-Norman salarie, from Old French salaire, from Latin salārium, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salaryless (English): Without a salary

Definitions

  1. Without a salary

Ancestry of “salaryless”, step by step

salaryless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English salary

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsalaryA fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually...
2Middle Englishsalarie
3Anglo-NormansalarieAlternative form of salaire
4Old Frenchsalairesalary
5Latinsalāriuma salary, stipend, allowance, pension
6Latinsālsalt
7Proto-Italicsālssalt
8Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via English less

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlessTo a smaller extent or degree; comparative form...
2Middle Englishlesfalse; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie
3Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
4Proto-Germanic*laus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl