Where does “solaç” come from?

solaç (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan solatz, 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.

solaç (Occitan): comfort, solace

Definitions

  1. comfort, solace

Ancestry of “solaç”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitansolatz
2Latinsōlāciumcomfort, relief, solace
3LatinsolorI comfort, console, solace; I soothe, ease,...
4Latin-āxish, -y
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius