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Where does “salarie” come from?

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

Ancestry of “salarie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-NormansalarieAlternative form of salaire
2Old Frenchsalairesalary
3Latinsalārium—
4Latinsāl—
5Proto-Italicsāls—
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—

Words derived from “salarie”

  • salary
  • salaried
  • unsalaried
  • nonsalaried
  • nonsalary
  • supersalary
  • サラリーマン
  • 샐러리맨
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