Where does “solfegia” come from?
solfegia (Romanian) comes from Italian solfeggiare, from Italian solfa, from Italian sol, from Spanish sol, from English Sol, from Old French sol, from Latin solidum, from Latin solidus — whole.
solfegia (Romanian): to practice sol-fa
Definitions
- to practice sol-fa
Ancestry of “solfegia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | solfeggiare | to practice sol-fa |
| 2 | Italian | solfa | sol-fa, solfeggio; drone; third-person singular... |
| 3 | Italian | sol | sol; G; Apocopic form of sole |
| 4 | Spanish | sol | sun; sunlight; sunny side |
| 5 | English | Sol | The Sun, the star orbited by the Earth |
| 6 | Old French | sol | alone; sol; Old French coin |
| 7 | Latin | solidum | solid |
| 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 |