Where does “soltar” come from?

soltar (Spanish) comes from Vulgar Latin *soltāre, from Latin *solutāre, from Latin solvere — third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

soltar (Spanish): to release

Definitions

  1. to release

Ancestry of “soltar”, step by step

soltar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin *soltāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*soltāre
2Latin*solutāre
3Latinsolverethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...

via Spanish suelto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsueltofree, loose, undone
Every word from Latin solvere