Where does “soltura” come from?

soltura (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese solto, from Old Portuguese solto, from Vulgar Latin soltus, from Latin solutus, from Latin solvo, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks — six.

soltura (Portuguese): release

Definitions

  1. release

Ancestry of “soltura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesoltoloose; free
2Old Portuguesesolto—
3Vulgar Latinsoltus—
4Latinsolutusunbound, released; free, at large
5Latinsolvoto loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt
6Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
7Latinsexsix; 6
8Proto-Italicsekssix
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →