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Where does “salaire” come from?

salaire (French) comes from Italian salario, from Latin salārium, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

salaire (French): salary, wage

Definitions

  1. salary, wage

Ancestry of “salaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansalariopay, wages, salary; first-person singular present...
2Latinsalārium—
3Latinsāl—
4Proto-Italicsāls—
5Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—

Words derived from “salaire”

  • salarial
  • Salär
  • salariu
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