Where does “salarial” come from?

salarial (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese salário, from Latin salarium, from Latin salarius, from Latin sal, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

salarial (Portuguese): salary, wages

Definitions

  1. salary, wages

Ancestry of “salarial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesaláriosalary; Clipping of salário mínimo
2Latinsalariuma salary, stipend, allowance, pension; originally...
3LatinsalariusOf or pertaining to salt; A dealer in salted fish
4Latinsalsalt; wit
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sal →