Etymograph

English

sollar

Sollar comes from Old French soler ‘shoe’, from Latin solarium ‘a terrace or flat roof’, and ultimately from sol ‘sun’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsol1‘sun’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsolarium1‘a terrace or flat roof’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400soler1‘shoe’
  4. Englishtodaysollar1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sollar

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsolWiktionary, English sollar‘sun’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsolariumWiktionary, English sollar‘a terrace or flat roof’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400solerWiktionary, English sollar‘shoe’
  4. EnglishtodaysollarWiktionary, English sollar

Linked words

through Latin sol ‘sun’

solar, sol, soleil, solano, 5 more

through Latin solarium ‘a terrace or flat roof’

solarium

Today it means

noun A solar, or garret room.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sollar”. 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.

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