Where does “soldato” come from?
soldato (Ido) comes from Esperanto soldato, from French soldat, from Middle French soldat, from Italian soldato, from Italian soldare, from Italian soldo, from Italian saldare, from Italian saldo — whole.
soldato (Ido): soldier, trooper, private
Definitions
- soldier, trooper, private
Ancestry of “soldato”, step by step
soldato traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto soldato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | soldato | soldier |
| 2 | French | soldat | soldier |
| 3 | Middle French | soldat | soldier |
| 4 | Italian | soldato | soldier |
| 5 | Italian | soldare | to pay a soldier or military member |
| 6 | Italian | soldo | penny, cent; money |
| 7 | Italian | saldare | to solder, weld; to join; to put together; to... |
| 8 | Italian | saldo | firm, steady; sound; settlement, payment |
| 9 | Latin | solidus | solid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | soliðos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s | entire |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |
via Portuguese soldado
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | soldado | soldier; soldier; warrior; soldered |
| 2 | Portuguese | soldar | to weld |
| 3 | Latin | solidare | present active infinitive of solidō;... |
via Russian солда́т
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | солда́т | soldier |