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