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A perspiring peasant, a salty serf, or a savory currency? Join us as we discuss the etymology of the phrase “worth his salt.” Or don’t, and suffer through some other bland, flavorless podcast instead.
Fun show as always, i just wanted to point out that the chemical symbol ‘Na’ comes from ‘natrium’ which is a Latin word, not Greek.
As to why there are two names for salt in Latin, i’ll leave that for the enthusiasts 🙂
Actually you weren’t totally wrong, the Latin word does derive from the Greek word ‘nitron’ which comes from Egyptian ‘ntr’.
Fun fact: ‘Natron’ is the type of salt the Ancient Egyptians used to dry out bodies for mummification.
MAN! Bonzo! You should be hosting this show. Thanks for the fun facts (I thought all of them were fun, not just the one you labelled) and for being our official “first commenter”. You will hold that title from now until this show’s final episode.