salt
The origin and history of salt.
Etymology
From Old English sealt, tracing back to a very old Proto-Indo-European root for salt shared across most European languages — also the source of "salary" (Roman soldiers were once paid partly in salt).
The origin and history of salt.
From Old English sealt, tracing back to a very old Proto-Indo-European root for salt shared across most European languages — also the source of "salary" (Roman soldiers were once paid partly in salt).
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