Words in Time: Social History of English Vocabulary (Langu… by HUGHES Hardback
The word "salary" has its roots in the word "salt". So, incidentally, do "saucer" and "sausage". In the Middle Ages an office was part of the sacred liturgy. In our vocabulary is the "archaeological" evidence of such great historical transformations as the Norman conquest, the growth of capitalism, the invention of printing and the coming of the Reformation.