English
solus
Solus comes from Latin sōlus ‘alone, sole, only, by oneself with no others…’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsōlus‘alone, sole, only, by oneself with no others around’
- Englishearliest quotation 2024solus
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsōlus‘alone, sole, only, by oneself with no others around’
- Englishearliest quotation 2024solus
Earliest quotation: 2024, Basant Rathore: “However, within this also, there are options available. Will…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *swé ‘self’
such, self, suicide, idiot, sans, swain, idiocy, sere, 19 more
through Latin sōlus ‘alone, sole, only, by oneself with no others…’
solo, sole, solitary, solitude, desolate, sullen, desolation, solitaire, 4 more
Today it means
adj alone, unaccompanied (as a stage direction)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin sōlus / solus