Where does “solar” come from?

Solar comes from Middle English solar, from Latin solaris meaning of or relating to the sun, derived from Latin sol meaning sun, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥.

solar (English): Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the...

Ancestry of “solar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsolar
2LatinsōlārisOf or pertaining to the sun, solar
3Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
4Latin-ālis
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “solar

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis