salary
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salary XIV. — AN.
salarie = (O)F.
salaire — L.
salārium orig. money allowed to Roman soldiers for the purchase of salt, (hence) pay, stipend, sb. use of
salārius, f.
sāl SALT; see
-ARY.
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