Etymograph

English

soldadera

Soldadera comes from Spanish soldado ‘soldier’, from sueldo ‘military salary’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘integrate, whole’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-1‘integrate, whole’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s1‘entire’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*soliðos1reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsolidus2‘gold coin’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEsoldus2
  6. Old Spanishc. 950–1500sueldo2
  7. Spanishc. 1500–presentsueldo3‘military salary’
  8. Spanishc. 1500–presentsoldado4‘soldier’
  9. Spanishc. 1500–presentsoldadera5
  10. Englishtodaysoldadera5

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin solidus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Spanish sueldo
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Spanish soldado
  4. 4 Wiktionary, Spanish soldadera
  5. 5 Wiktionary, English soldadera

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-Wiktionary, Latin solidus‘integrate, whole’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-i-dʰ-o-sWiktionary, Latin solidus‘entire’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*soliðosWiktionary, Latin solidusreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsolidusWiktionary, Spanish sueldo‘gold coin’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEsoldusWiktionary, Spanish sueldo
  6. Old Spanishc. 950–1500sueldoWiktionary, Spanish sueldo
  7. Spanishc. 1500–presentsueldoWiktionary, Spanish soldado‘military salary’
  8. Spanishc. 1500–presentsoldadoWiktionary, Spanish soldadera‘soldier’
  9. Spanishc. 1500–presentsoldaderaWiktionary, English soldadera
  10. EnglishtodaysoldaderaWiktionary, English soldadera

Linked words

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

save, safe, salvation, sage, holocaust, salute, savior, salvage, salvo, salve, salvia, salutation, salutary, salubrious, 23 more

through Proto-Italic *soliðos

solidarity, consolidate, solidify, solidity, solidification, solidus, 6 more

through Latin solidus ‘gold coin’

solid, soldier, sol, 11 more

through Late Latin soldus

xu, sou, 3 more

Today it means

noun A female soldier in the Mexican Revolution.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “soldadera”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin solidus, Spanish sueldo, Spanish soldado, Spanish soldadera. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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

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