English
solidify
Solidify comes from French solidifier ‘to solidify’, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s ‘entire’, and ultimately from *solh₂- ‘integrate, whole’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-‘integrate, whole’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s‘entire’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*soliðosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsolidus‘dense, solid, not hollow’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsolide‘secure, solid, firm, substantial’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentsolidifier‘to solidify’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023solidify
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-‘integrate, whole’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s‘entire’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*soliðosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsolidus‘dense, solid, not hollow’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsolide‘secure, solid, firm, substantial’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentsolidifier‘to solidify’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023solidify
Earliest quotation: 2023, Pip Dunn, The last bastion of the HST 'Castles': “Emerging from Kennaway Tunnel, the train sweeps to the…”
Equivalent to solid + -ify
Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘integrate’
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Proto-Italic *soliðos
Latin solidus
Old French solide
Middle English solide
English solid
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘integrate, whole’
save, safe, sold, salvation, sage, holocaust, salute, savior, salvage, salvo, salve, salvia, salutation, salutary, salubrious, 27 more
through Latin solidus ‘dense, solid, not hollow’
Today it means
verb To make solid; convert into a solid body.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- / solidify