The Origin of the Word Bankrupt

A sold originally meant mercenary in old french. Payment to some one was called sold in old french from the name of the early roman coin, the solidis. And that made a person who received payment to fight in a war a soldier. The word came into english after the norman invasion as soldierin speaking of paying roman soldiers, i mentioned in an earlier episode that roman soldiers were paid a salt allowance - this eventually gave us the word salary. It's also the basis of the phrase worth one salt. By the way, the term bank actually comes to us from mediaeval italian where modern banking first emerged. When an italian money lender ran out of money, his