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Where does “solacest” come from?

solacest (English) comes from English solace, from Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium, from Latin solor, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

solacest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular simple present form of...

Ancestry of “solacest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsolaceComfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or...
2Old Frenchsolasjoy; pleasure; enjoyment
3Latinsōlācium—
4LatinsolorI comfort, console, solace; I soothe, ease,...
5Latin-āx—
6Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
7Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
8Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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