La palabra salary viene del latín salarium, que era el pago que recibían los soldados romanos para comprar sal (salt), un producto muy valioso en esa época. Con el tiempo, salarium pasó a significar pago fijo por trabajo → salary.

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Did you know? The word "girl" prior to the late 1400s meant a young person of either gender, not just females! #LanguageHistory #WordOrigins #EnglishFacts

Fun fact: "Ye" in "Ye Olde Shoppe" isn't pronounced "yee"! It's actually "the." Early printers used "y" to replace the Old English letter "þ" (thorn) which made the "th" sound. So "þe" became "ye" but was still pronounced "the." Mind blown? 🤯 #LanguageHistory #EnglishFacts