Where does “soldat” come from?
soldat (French) comes from Middle French soldat, from Italian soldato, from Italian soldare, from Italian soldo, from Italian saldare, from Italian saldo, from Latin solidus, from Proto-Italic soliðos — whole.
soldat (French): soldier
Definitions
- soldier
Ancestry of “soldat”, step by step
soldat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French soldat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | soldat | soldier |
| 2 | Italian | soldato | soldier |
| 3 | Italian | soldare | to pay a soldier or military member |
| 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 |
via German Soldat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Soldat | soldier |