SC -spice and economics

[Huette von Ahrens]

- --- CBlackwill at aol.com wrote:

> Isn't there a reference somewhere which indicates
> Roman soldiers were paid 
> for their labors in salt?  Or is this just another
> one of those "histories" 
> we learn in school, which have no basis in the "real
> world"?
> 
> Balthazar of Blackmoor

Actually, all you need is a good dictionary that gives
the etymology of words.  Go to the word "salary", the
etymology section reads:

salary [ME 'salarie', from L 'salarium' salt money,
pension, salary, from neut. of 'salarius' of salt,
from 'sal' salt.]

ME = Middle English  L = Latin

While you are at it, look up Lord and Lady in the
etymology section, you will find this:

Lord [ME 'loverd' lord, from OE 'hlaford', from 'hlaf'
loaf + 'weard' keeper]

Lady [ME, from OE 'hlæfdige', from  'hlaf' loaf +
'dige' kneader]

So in Old English, a Lord is a loaf keeper and a Lady
is a loaf kneader.

Interesting, huh?

Huette

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