Where does “ソルフェージュ” come from?
ソルフェージュ (Japanese) comes from French solfège, from Italian solfeggio, from Italian solfeggiare, from Italian solfa, from Italian sol, from Spanish sol, from English Sol, from Old French sol — whole.
ソルフェージュ (Japanese): solfège
Ancestry of “ソルフェージュ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | solfège | the art of singing using the sol-fa system;... |
| 2 | Italian | solfeggio | solfeggio; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Italian | solfeggiare | to practice sol-fa |
| 4 | Italian | solfa | sol-fa, solfeggio; drone; third-person singular... |
| 5 | Italian | sol | sol; G; Apocopic form of sole |
| 6 | Spanish | sol | sun; sunlight; sunny side |
| 7 | English | Sol | — |
| 8 | Old French | sol | alone; sol; Old French coin |
| 9 | Latin | solidum | solid |
| 10 | Latin | solidus | solid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | soliðos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s | entire |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |