Where does “solidbody” come from?

solidbody (English) comes from English solid, from Middle French solidité, from Latin soliditas, from Latin solidus, from Proto-Italic soliðos, from Proto-Indo-European solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European solh₂- — whole.

solidbody (English): Of a guitar, constructed from a solid material as opposed to a hollow one

Definitions

  1. Of a guitar, constructed from a solid material as opposed to a hollow one

Ancestry of “solidbody”, step by step

solidbody traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English solid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsolidThat can be picked up or held, having a texture,...
2Middle Frenchsolidité
3Latinsoliditassolidity
4Latinsolidussolid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin...
5Proto-Italicsoliðos
6Proto-Indo-Europeansolh₂-i-dʰ-o-sentire
7Proto-Indo-Europeansolh₂-whole

via English Body

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBodyCorpus Christi College, Cambridge
2Middle Englishbodemessenger
3Old Englishbodamessenger, envoy, herald, apostle, angel; prophet
4Proto-Germanicbudômessenger
5Proto-Germanicbeudanąto offer, to bid
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware
Every word from Proto-Indo-European solh₂-