Where does “sol” come from?

sol (Middle English) comes from Old English sōl, from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ — sun.

sol (Middle English): The brightest and warmest celestial body,...

Definitions

  1. The brightest and warmest celestial body,...

Ancestry of “sol”, step by step

sol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English sōl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsōlsun; the sun
2Proto-Indo-Europeansóh₂wl̥sun

via Latin sōl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsōl—

Words derived from “sol”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sóh₂wl̥ →Every word from Old English sōl →