Old English sealtera watera. As an adjective from 1520s. Salt-water taffy attested by 1886; so called because it originally was sold at seashore resorts, especially Atlantic City, N.J. (see taffy).
salsa
salsify
SALT
salt
salt river
salt water
saltation
saltatorial
salt-box
salt-cellar
saltine
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