Where does “fotsoldat” come from?
fotsoldat (Swedish) comes from Swedish soldat, from French soldat, from Middle French soldat, from Italian soldato, from Italian soldare, from Italian soldo, from Italian saldare, from Italian saldo — whole.
fotsoldat (Swedish): a foot soldier
Definitions
- a foot soldier
Ancestry of “fotsoldat”, step by step
fotsoldat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish soldat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | soldat | soldier |
| 2 | French | soldat | soldier |
| 3 | Middle French | soldat | soldier |
| 4 | Italian | soldato | soldier |
| 5 | Italian | soldare | to pay a soldier or military member |
| 6 | Italian | soldo | penny, cent; money |
| 7 | Italian | saldare | to solder, weld; to join; to put together; to... |
| 8 | Italian | saldo | firm, steady; sound; settlement, payment |
| 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 |