Where does “soltería” come from?
soltería (Spanish) comes from Spanish soltero, from Latin solitarius, from Latin solitas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
soltería (Spanish): singlehood
Definitions
- singlehood
Ancestry of “soltería”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | soltero | single, unmarried; bachelor; bachelorette |
| 2 | Latin | solitarius | solitary; lonely, lonesome |
| 3 | Latin | solitas | a being alone, loneliness, solitude; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |