Where does “sowder” come from?
sowder (Scots) comes from Middle English souder, from French soudure, from French souder, from Old French solder, from Latin solido, from Latin solidus, from Proto-Italic soliðos, from Proto-Indo-European solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s — whole.
sowder (Scots): solder
Definitions
- solder
Ancestry of “sowder”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | souder | — |
| 2 | French | soudure | welding |
| 3 | French | souder | to solder |
| 4 | Old French | solder | to solder |
| 5 | Latin | solido | I make, or become solid, firm etc; I strengthen... |
| 6 | Latin | solidus | solid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | soliðos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s | entire |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |