sal
Latinsalt
Variants:salsaltsalin
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From Latin sāl (salt). Salt was so valuable in the ancient world that Roman soldiers were partly paid in it — giving us salary (literally 'salt money'). Scientific terms include saline (containing salt), salinity, and desalination (removing salt). The Germanic form salt is a direct cognate sharing the same Indo-European root.
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salt
A white crystalline seasoning and preservative; to add salt to food
salary
A fixed regular payment from employer to employee
salty
Tasting of salt; (informal) irritated or bitter
saline
Containing salt; salty; a salt-water solution
salinity
The level or concentration of salt in a solution
desalination
The process of removing salt from seawater
saltiness
The quality of tasting or containing salt
desalinize
To remove salt from seawater
saliferous
Containing or producing salt