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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Salad must contain salt, that's what the sal part means.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Really? Because we don't call our vegetable because of it's saltiness

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Salad comes from Latin. Sal- (as in saline) is the root word, meaning salted. A salad is chopped veggies with oil and salt. Today we generally used a Mayo or vinaigrettete style dressing, containing salt, oil, and usually an acid as well.

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