Where does “soldado” come from?
soldado (Bikol Central) comes from Spanish soldado, from Italian soldato, from Italian soldare, from Italian soldo, from Italian saldare, from Italian saldo, from Latin solidus, from Proto-Italic soliðos — whole.
Ancestry of “soldado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | soldado | soldier |
| 2 | Italian | soldato | soldier |
| 3 | Italian | soldare | to pay a soldier or military member |
| 4 | Italian | soldo | penny, cent; money |
| 5 | Italian | saldare | to solder, weld; to join; to put together; to... |
| 6 | Italian | saldo | firm, steady; sound; settlement, payment |
| 7 | Latin | solidus | solid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | soliðos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s | entire |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |