Where does “solto” come from?

solto (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese solto, from Vulgar Latin soltus, from Latin solutus, from Latin solvo, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

solto (Galician): loose; free

Definitions

  1. loose; free

Ancestry of “solto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesesolto—
2Vulgar Latinsoltus—
3Latinsolutusunbound, released; free, at large
4Latinsolvoto loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt
5Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
6Latinsexsix; 6
7Proto-Italicsekssix
8Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “solto”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →