Where does “solliciten” come from?
solliciten (Middle English) comes from Old French solliciter, from Latin sollicitare, from Latin sollicito, from Latin sollicitus, from Latin sollus, from Proto-Italic solnos, from Proto-Indo-European sol(h₂)nós, from Proto-Indo-European solh₂- — whole.
Ancestry of “solliciten”, step by step
solliciten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French solliciter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | solliciter | — |
| 2 | Latin | sollicitare | present active infinitive of sollicitō;... |
| 3 | Latin | sollicito | I disturb, stir, agitate; I distress, harass; I... |
| 4 | Latin | sollicitus | Thoroughly moved, agitated or disturbed;... |
| 5 | Latin | sollus | whole, entire, unbroken |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | solnos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sol(h₂)nós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |