Where does “solid” come from?

Solid comes from Old French solide, from Latin solidus, from Proto-Indo-European solh₂-, a root meaning to make whole or complete.

solid (English): That can be picked up or held, having a texture,...

Definitions

  1. That can be picked up or held, having a texture,...

Ancestry of “solid”, step by step

solid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French solidité

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchsolidité
2Latinsoliditassolidity
3Latinsolidussolid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin...
4Proto-Italicsoliðos
5Proto-Indo-Europeansolh₂-i-dʰ-o-sentire
6Proto-Indo-Europeansolh₂-whole

via Middle English solide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsolide
2Old Frenchsolide

Words derived from “solid

Every word from Proto-Indo-European solh₂-