- Today's Word
Derivation
deh-ruh-VAY-shun
Definition
(noun) The derivation of the word “salary” comes from the Latin word for salt.
Example
The derivation of the word “salary” comes from the Latin word for salt.
Fun Fact
Linguists love derivation because it lets them trace how words evolve—from one language to another, and one meaning to another. Some derivations are direct (photo → photos → light), but others take surprising turns. The word salary comes from the Latin salarium, which referred to money paid to Roman soldiers to buy salt. This makes derivation a vital tool for not just grammar nerds, but also historians and anthropologists.
(noun) A person who loves beauty—especially in art, nature, or everyday life.
As a true philocalist, he collected small moments of beauty wherever he went, from sunlit windows to wildflowers growing through cracks in the sidewalk.
From Greek philo- (“loving”) + kallos (“beauty”).