Etymograph

English

soldo

Soldo comes from Italian soldo, from Latin solidum ‘solid’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-‘whole’root as named
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsolidum‘solid’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentsoldo
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2006same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-‘whole’root as named
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsolidum‘solid’
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentsoldo
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2006same form

Earliest quotation: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day: “That's twelve soldi. I'd be lucky to get as…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole’

save, safe, solid, salvation, sage, soldier, salute, holocaust, savior, salvage, xu, salvo, salve, salvia, salutation, sou, salutary, salubrious, soldado, 27 more

through Latin solidum ‘solid’

solidarity, sol, 1 more

Today it means

noun An Italian coin, formerly one-twentieth of a lira.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- / soldo

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