Where does “soucier” come from?
soucier (French) comes from Middle French soucyer, from Latin sollicitō, from Latin sollicitus, from Latin sollus, from Proto-Italic solnos, from Proto-Indo-European sol(h₂)nós, from Proto-Indo-European solh₂- — whole.
soucier (French): to worry
Definitions
- to worry
Ancestry of “soucier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | soucyer | to worry |
| 2 | Latin | sollicitō | to disturb, disquiet, stir, agitate, distress, harass, vex, make anxious |
| 3 | Latin | sollicitus | Thoroughly moved, agitated or disturbed;... |
| 4 | Latin | sollus | whole, entire, unbroken |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | solnos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sol(h₂)nós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |