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Where does “soles” come from?

soles (French) comes from French sole, from Vulgar Latin sola, from Latin solea, from Latin sōlum, from Proto-Indo-European swol- — sole; sole of the foot.

soles (French): plural of sole

Definitions

  1. plural of sole

Ancestry of “soles”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsolesole; sole, the bottom of a hoof; sole, a piece...
2Vulgar Latinsolanominative plural of solum; accusative plural of...
3Latinsoleasandal; sole of a shoe
4Latinsōlum—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswol-sole; sole of the foot
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