Where does “soltus” come from?

soltus (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin solutus, from Latin solvo, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

Ancestry of “soltus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsolutusunbound, released; free, at large
2Latinsolvoto loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt
3Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “soltus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Latin solvo →