词汇 | emolument |
词源 | emolument [LME] Emolument comes from Latin emolumentum which was probably, in its original use, a payment made to a miller for grinding corn. Latin emolere meant ‘to grind up’ (the prefix e- here adding the notion of ‘thoroughly’). Compare the less pretentious word ‘salary’ (see salt) which started out as a ‘payment for *salt’. |
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