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
- second-person singular simple present form of...
Ancestry of “solacest”, step by step
solacest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English solace
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | solace | Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or... |
| 2 | Old French | solas | joy; pleasure; enjoyment |
| 3 | Latin | sōlācium | comfort, relief, solace |
| 4 | Latin | solor | I comfort, console, solace; I soothe, ease,... |
| 5 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English Est
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Est | established |
| 2 | Middle English | este | grace, est, favour; pleasure, enjoyment, fun;... |
| 3 | Old English | ēst | will, consent, favour, grace, liberality,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *ansti | favour |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | anstiz | favour, affection |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | unnaną | to grant, bestow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ān- | to notice; face, mouth |