Where does “soulier” come from?
soulier (French) comes from Old French soler, from Latin solarium, from Latin sōl, from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ — sun.
soulier (French): shoe, boot
Ancestry of “soulier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | soler | shoe |
| 2 | Latin | solarium | a sundial; a terrace exposed to the sun |
| 3 | Latin | sōl | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sóh₂wl̥ | sun |
Words derived from “soulier”