Where does “soltar” come from?
soltar (Galician) comes from Galician solto, from Old Portuguese solto, from Vulgar Latin soltus, from Latin solutus, from Latin solvo, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks — six.
soltar (Galician): to loose
Definitions
- to loose
Ancestry of “soltar”, step by step
soltar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician solto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | solto | loose; free |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | solto | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | soltus | — |
| 4 | Latin | solutus | unbound, released; free, at large |
| 5 | Latin | solvo | to loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt |
| 6 | Latin | sē- | apart-; aside-; away |
| 7 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |