Where does “solar” come from?

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

solar (Galician): to sole; solar

Definitions

  1. to sole; solar

Ancestry of “solar”, step by step

solar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician sola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciansolasole
2Vulgar Latinsolanominative plural of solum; accusative plural of...
3Latinsoleasandal; sole of a shoe
4Latinsōlumbottom, ground, base, foundation, bed
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswol-sole; sole of the foot

via Latin sōlāris

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsōlārisOf or pertaining to the sun, solar
2Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swol- →Every word from Latin sōlum →Every word from Latin solea →