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English word origin

Etymology of solar

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ Latin sōl Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin sōlārisbor. Middle English sola

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

Ellipsis of solar energy. · A fictional currency.

adj

Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun. · Born under the predominant influence of the sun. · Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year. · Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence.

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

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ Latin sōl Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin sōlārisbor. Middle English solar English solar From Late Middle English solar, from Latin sōlāris, from sōl (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

A loft or upper chamber forming the private accommodation of the head of the household in a medieval hall; a garret room.

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

From Middle English solar, soler; from a conflation of Old English soler, solere (“raised platform; loft, upper room, upper part of a house, soler”), from Latin sōlārium; and Old English solor, salor (“residence, dwelling; hall; palace”), from Proto-West Germanic *salaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *salaz, *salą (“house, room, hall”). More at sale.

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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Inherited-form mentionsolarenm
  • Inherited-form mentionsolerang
  • Derivation mentionsōlāriumla
  • Inherited-form mentionsolorang
  • Inherited-form mention*salaʀgmw-pro
  • Inherited-form mention*salazgem-pro
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