Where does “Footsoldot” come from?
Footsoldot (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Soldot, from German Soldat, from Italian soldato, from Italian soldare, from Italian soldo, from Italian saldare, from Italian saldo, from Latin solidus — whole.
Footsoldot (Plautdietsch): foot soldier, infantryman
Definitions
- foot soldier, infantryman
Ancestry of “Footsoldot”, step by step
Footsoldot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Soldot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Soldot | soldier |
| 2 | German | Soldat | soldier |
| 3 | Italian | soldato | soldier |
| 4 | Italian | soldare | to pay a soldier or military member |
| 5 | Italian | soldo | penny, cent; money |
| 6 | Italian | saldare | to solder, weld; to join; to put together; to... |
| 7 | Italian | saldo | firm, steady; sound; settlement, payment |
| 8 | Latin | solidus | solid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | soliðos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s | entire |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |