The word 'salary' comes from 'salarium'

List of Latin legal terms

Ever wondered why 'interest' means 'to be between'?

The word 'quarantine' comes from 'quaranta giorni'

Quarantine originates from 'quaranta giorni' — 40 days ships waited in Venice during plague

Hot chocolate

Chocolate was a bitter drink in Mesoamerica for 3,000 years before Europeans added sugar

Concrete

Human bones are stronger than concrete — ounce for ounce, bone is stronger than steel

Henrietta Swan Leavitt

Henrietta Leavitt discovered the period-luminosity relation of Cepheid variables

Honey never spoils

Edible honey preserved for 3,000 years in Egyptian tombs