Etymograph

English

soldado

Soldado 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. Englishtodaysoldado4

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, English soldado

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, English soldado‘soldier’
  9. EnglishtodaysoldadoWiktionary, English soldado

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 soldier, in Spanish-speaking contexts.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “soldado”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin solidus, Spanish sueldo, Spanish soldado. 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- / soldado

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