Which of these words is the original word root of salary?

A. Celebrity

B. Sale

C. Salt

D. Salivate

the original word root of salary is : C. salt The word orignated from the medieval time. During that period, the soldier's annual payment was not money, but it's in a form of metal, which they often exchanged with salt right after they recieved it, and as the time progressed, the payment now called a salary