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English word origin

Etymology of sol

From Glover's solmization, from Middle English sol (“fifth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian sol in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin solve (“wash away”)

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

In a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la. · In a fixed-do system: the musical note G.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Glover's solmization, from Middle English sol (“fifth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian sol in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin solve (“wash away”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

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  • Inherited-form mentionsolenm
  • Derivation mentionsolit
  • Derivation mentionsolvela · wash away
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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

An old coin from France and some other countries worth 12 deniers.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Learned borrowing from Old French sol (“French coin”) (modern French sou), from Latin solidum, the accusative singular of solidus (“Roman gold coin; (adjective) solid”). Doublet of sold, soldo, solid, solidus, sou, and xu.

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  • Learned-borrowing mentionsolfro
  • Cognate mentionsoufr
  • Derivation mentionsolidumla
  • Doublet mentionsolden
  • Doublet mentionsoldoen
  • Doublet mentionsoliden
  • Doublet mentionsolidusen
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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
noun

A former Spanish-American silver coin. · In full nuevo sol or new sol: the main currency unit of Peru which replaced the inti in 1991; also, a coin of this value.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

PIE word *sóh₂wl̥ From Spanish sol (“sun”), from Latin sōl (“sun”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). Doublet of Sol and sol, directly from the Latin.

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  • Derivation mention*sóh₂wl̥ine-pro
  • Doublet mentionSolen
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Source etymology 4

Original entry ↗
noun

A solar day on the planet Mars (equivalent to 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Latin sōl (“sun”); see further at etymology 3. Doublet of sol from Spanish.

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  • Doublet mentionsolen
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Source etymology 5

Original entry ↗
noun

A type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid. · A solution to an objection (or "ob"), for example, in controversial divinity.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Sense 1 (“type of colloid”) is derived from -sol (in words like alcosol and hydrosol), an abbreviation of solution. Sense 2 (“solution to an objection”) is derived directly from solution.

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