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Where does “sólás” come from?

sólás (Irish) comes from Middle Irish sólás, from Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium, from Latin solor, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

sólás (Irish): solace, comfort, consolation; joy, happiness,...

Definitions

  1. solace, comfort, consolation; joy, happiness,...

Ancestry of “sólás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishsólás—
2Old Frenchsolasjoy; pleasure; enjoyment
3Latinsōlācium—
4LatinsolorI comfort, console, solace; I soothe, ease,...
5Latin-āx—
6Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
7Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
8Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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