salt cellar

The story

1. Latin · derived fromsāl“salt”
2. Latin · derived fromsalārius“relating to salt”
3. Middle French · derived fromsalier
4. Middle English · derived fromsaler
5. English todaysalt cellar

From salt + cellar, from 15th Century Middle English saler, from Middle French salier, from Latin salārius (“relating to salt”), from Latin sāl (“salt”). Modified based on originally unrelated English cellar.

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