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saline (adj.)
"made of salt," c.1500, probably from a Latin word related to
salinum
"salt cellar" and
salinae
"salt pits," from
sal
(genitive
salis
) "salt" (see
salt
). Also in Middle English as a noun meaning "salt pit." Related:
Salination
.
