"The military salute derives from the more instrumental gesture used in the Middle Ages when knights in armor greeted one another. They raised the visor of their helmet to show their faces as an indication of a peaceful greeting. The armor is gone, the visor is gone, but a reduced form of the gesture remains, though without its instrumental function. It no longer raises the visor, but it has been imbued instead with the function of communicating respect for the military hierarchy." (Phonology and Language Use, Joan Bybee)
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