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Where does “solicitest” come from?

solicitest (English) comes from English solicit, from Middle English soliciten, from Old French soliciter, from Latin sollicitō, from Latin sollicitus, from Latin sollus, from Proto-Italic solnos, from Proto-Indo-European sol(h₂)nós — whole.

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

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

Ancestry of “solicitest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsolicitTo persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or...
2Middle Englishsoliciten—
3Old Frenchsoliciter—
4Latinsollicitō—
5LatinsollicitusThoroughly moved, agitated or disturbed;...
6Latinsolluswhole, entire, unbroken
7Proto-Italicsolnos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeansol(h₂)nós—
9Proto-Indo-Europeansolh₂-whole
Every word from Proto-Indo-European solh₂- →