Where does “サラリー” come from?

サラリー (Japanese) 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.

サラリー (Japanese): salary (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis)

Definitions

  1. salary (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis)

Ancestry of “サラリー”, step by step

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →