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CHILD / LATER FORM / attestedPresent-Day English · 13th c.–today

salary

fixed regular compensation

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedAnglo-French · medieval

salarie / salaire

compensation, payment

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE

SOUND CHANGE

French stress and vowels were adapted into English.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

The word narrowed toward fixed regular compensation.

CHRONOLOGY

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CONFIDENCE

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EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

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EDITORIAL REUSE

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RELATION / 13salary

salary → salarie / salaire

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