Where does “salaire” come from?

salaire (Old French) comes from Latin salārium, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salaire (Old French): salary

Definitions

  1. salary

Ancestry of “salaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsalāriuma salary, stipend, allowance, pension
2Latinsālsalt
3Proto-Italicsālssalt
4Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “salaire”

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