Where does “サラ金” come from?
サラ金 (Japanese) comes from Japanese サラリーマン金融, from Japanese サラリーマン, from English salary, from Middle English salarie, from Anglo-Norman salarie, from Old French salaire, from Latin salārium, from Latin sāl — salt.
サラ金 (Japanese): loan sharking, loan shark
Definitions
- loan sharking, loan shark
Ancestry of “サラ金”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | サラリーマン金融 | consumer finance |
| 2 | Japanese | サラリーマン | a salaryman |
| 3 | English | salary | A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually... |
| 4 | Middle English | salarie | — |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | salarie | Alternative form of salaire |
| 6 | Old French | salaire | salary |
| 7 | Latin | salārium | a salary, stipend, allowance, pension |
| 8 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |