Where does “solo” come from?
solo (Galician) comes from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus, from Ancient Greek Σολοῦς — Solus, Sicily, Italy.
solo (Galician): soil, ground; solo
Ancestry of “solo”, step by step
solo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian solo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | solo | alone, by oneself, unattended, unaccompanied,... |
| 2 | Latin | sōlus | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Σολοῦς | Solus, Sicily, Italy |
via Latin sōlum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | sōlum | bottom, ground, base, foundation, bed |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | swol- | sole; sole of the foot |
Words derived from “solo”