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Where does “sólás” come from?

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

Ancestry of “sólás”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sólás”

  • sólás
  • sòlas
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →