Where does “assalariado” come from?
assalariado (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese assalariar, from Portuguese salário, from Latin salarium, from Latin salarius, from Latin sal, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.
assalariado (Portuguese): salaried
Definitions
- salaried
Ancestry of “assalariado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | assalariar | to hire someone, paying them a salary |
| 2 | Portuguese | salário | salary; Clipping of salário mínimo |
| 3 | Latin | salarium | a salary, stipend, allowance, pension; originally... |
| 4 | Latin | salarius | Of or pertaining to salt; A dealer in salted fish |
| 5 | Latin | sal | salt; wit |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |