saltcellar

(-sel′ər)

noun

a small dish for salt at the table; also, a saltshaker

Origin: altered (infl. by cellar) < ME salt saler < salt, salt + MFr salière, saltcellar < L sal, salt

See saltcellar in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A small dish for holding and dispensing salt.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of Middle English salt-saler

Origin: : salt, salt; see salt

Origin: + saler, saltcellar (from Old French saliere, from Medieval Latin salāria, from Latin, feminine of salārius, of salt, from sāl, sal-, salt; see sal- in Indo-European roots)

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