Where does “soldățesc” come from?

soldățesc (Romanian) comes from Romanian soldat, from French soldat, from Middle French soldat, from Italian soldato, from Italian soldare, from Italian soldo, from Italian saldare, from Italian saldo — whole.

soldățesc (Romanian): soldierly

Definitions

  1. soldierly

Ancestry of “soldățesc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansoldatsoldier
2Frenchsoldatsoldier
3Middle Frenchsoldatsoldier
4Italiansoldatosoldier
5Italiansoldareto pay a soldier or military member
6Italiansoldopenny, cent; money
7Italiansaldareto solder, weld; to join; to put together; to...
8Italiansaldofirm, steady; sound; settlement, payment
9Latinsolidussolid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin...
10Proto-Italicsoliðos
11Proto-Indo-Europeansolh₂-i-dʰ-o-sentire
12Proto-Indo-Europeansolh₂-whole
Every word from Proto-Indo-European solh₂-