Where does “soda” come from?
soda (Tok Pisin) comes from English solder, from Middle English souder, from French soudure, from French souder, from Old French solder, from Latin solido, from Latin solidus, from Proto-Italic soliðos — whole.
soda (Tok Pisin): solder
Ancestry of “soda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | solder | Any of various easily-melted alloys, commonly of... |
| 2 | Middle English | souder | — |
| 3 | French | soudure | welding |
| 4 | French | souder | to solder |
| 5 | Old French | solder | to solder |
| 6 | Latin | solido | I make, or become solid, firm etc; I strengthen... |
| 7 | Latin | solidus | solid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | soliðos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s | entire |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |