Leave it to my daughter to lean over in the middle of church and whisper, "Word of the week!" during the sermon--which is exactly what happened when my dad shared this fun little tidbit. ;-)
Did you know that salary is from the same root as salt? Salary has meant "wages, compensation" since the 13th century, and the word comes from the Latin salarium (same meaning), which is closely linked to salarius, "of or pertaining to salt." Some sources say it's because a soldier's salary was considered to ...