Where does “solicitous” come from?
Solicitous comes from Latin sollicitus, meaning anxious or concerned, from sollus (whole, entire) and sol(h₂)nós (whole), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European solh₂-.
solicitous (English): Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something...
Definitions
- Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something...
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