English
Solarian
Solarian comes from Latin sōlāris ‘of or pertaining to the sun, solar’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sóh₂wl̥‘sun’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsōl‘sun’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsōlāris‘of or pertaining to the sun, solar’
- Englishearliest quotation 1851Solarian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sóh₂wl̥‘sun’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsōl‘sun’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsōlāris‘of or pertaining to the sun, solar’
- Englishearliest quotation 1851Solarian
Earliest quotation: 1851, Charles Fourier, The Passions of the Human Soul: “It will be proved that a Solarian, supposing him…”
Formed from sōlāris + -ian
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ ‘sun’
sun, southern, helium, parasol, 6 more
through Latin sōl ‘sun’
Today it means
adj Of or relating to the Sun.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ / Solarian