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Where does “soliveau” come from?

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

soliveau (French): Small joist; A man with no energy or authority

Definitions

  1. Small joist; A man with no energy or authority

Ancestry of “soliveau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsolivebalk, joist
2Frenchsolesole; sole, the bottom of a hoof; sole, a piece...
3Vulgar Latinsolanominative plural of solum; accusative plural of...
4Latinsoleasandal; sole of a shoe
5Latinsōlum—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswol-sole; sole of the foot
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