c.1377, from Anglo-Fr.
salarie (c.1280), O.Fr.
salarie, from L.
salarium "salary, stipend," originally "soldier's allowance for the purchase of salt," from neut. of adj.
salarius "pertaining to salt," from
sal (gen.
salis) "salt" (see
salt). Japanese
sarariman "male salaried worker," lit. "salary-man," is from Eng. The verb meaning "to pay a regular salary to" is attested from c.1477.
[sal-uh-ree] 
ə