Where does “unsold” come from?
Unsold comes from English sold, from Latin solidus, from Proto-Indo-European óynos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- meaning "being" or "entity."
unsold (English): Not sold
Ancestry of “unsold”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sold | simple past tense and past participle of sell;... |
| 2 | Middle English | solde | — |
| 3 | Middle French | solde | — |
| 4 | Italian | soldo | penny, cent; money |
| 5 | Italian | saldare | to solder, weld; to join; to put together; to... |
| 6 | Italian | saldo | firm, steady; sound; settlement, payment |
| 7 | Latin | solidus | solid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | soliðos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s | entire |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |