Where does “solfegiere” come from?
solfegiere (Romanian) comes from Romanian solfegia, from Italian solfeggiare, from Italian solfa, from Italian sol, from Spanish sol, from English Sol, from Old French sol, from Latin solidum — whole.
solfegiere (Romanian): sol-fa
Definitions
- sol-fa
Ancestry of “solfegiere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | solfegia | to practice sol-fa |
| 2 | Italian | solfeggiare | to practice sol-fa |
| 3 | Italian | solfa | sol-fa, solfeggio; drone; third-person singular... |
| 4 | Italian | sol | sol; G; Apocopic form of sole |
| 5 | Spanish | sol | sun; sunlight; sunny side |
| 6 | English | Sol | The Sun, the star orbited by the Earth |
| 7 | Old French | sol | alone; sol; Old French coin |
| 8 | Latin | solidum | solid |
| 9 | Latin | solidus | solid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | soliðos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s | entire |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |