Where does “aerosol” come from?
aerosol (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sol, from Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōl.
aerosol (Norwegian Bokmål): an aerosol
Ancestry of “aerosol”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sol | sun; solution; imperative of sole |
| 2 | Old Norse | sól | sun |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *sōl | — |