English
Solothurn
Solothurn comes from Latin Salodurum.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESalodurum
- EnglishtodaySolothurn
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESalodurum
- EnglishtodaySolothurn
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to last’
beautiful, beauty, ben, bonus, tool, dynamic, beneficial, rebel, optimal, boo, dynasty, tow, bonnie, optimism, beau, boon, beneficiary, bona, dynamo, revel, bene, bonny, bello, dynastic, taw, bauble, bellicose, bonbon, 97 more
through Proto-Celtic *dūnom ‘fort, stronghold’
Today it means
name A canton of Switzerland.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Salodurum / Solothurn