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Salt — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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EDGE 484supportsestablished
salt → salt
Present-Day English → Middle English · historical continuation
- SOUND
- Middle English salt continues with stable spelling into modern English while pronunciation changes.
- MEANING
- The material sense remains while figurative savor, sailor, and chemical-class senses develop.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster · Etymonline editors
Word History: Middle English from Old English sealt; definitionsDocuments English continuation and the modern material senses.
EDGE 485supportsestablished
salt → sealt
Middle English → Old English · inheritance
- SOUND
- Old English sealt loses or reshapes inherited inflection while the stem stabilizes as Middle English salt.
- MEANING
- The condiment and preservative meaning remains central.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster · UT LRC editors
Word History: Middle English from Old English sealtDocuments the Old-to-Middle-English transition.
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saltSOURCE-REPORTED
sealt
Merriam-Webster source-reported Old English record
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England
Reports Old English sealt and use before the twelfth century.
Word History and First Known Use · regional070
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