Etymograph

English

sursolid

Sursolid comes from French sursolide, from solide ‘secure, solid, firm, substantial’, 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‘dense, solid, not hollow’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentsolide3‘secure, solid, firm, substantial’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentsursolide4
  7. Englishtodaysursolid4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin solidus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, French solide
  3. 3 Wiktionary, French sursolide
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English sursolid

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, French solide‘dense, solid, not hollow’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentsolideWiktionary, French sursolide‘secure, solid, firm, substantial’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentsursolideWiktionary, English sursolid
  7. EnglishtodaysursolidWiktionary, English sursolid

Formed from sur- + solid

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over’

Proto-Italic *super ‘above’

Latin super ‘[of place] above’

English sur-

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, 22 more

through Latin solidus ‘dense, solid, not hollow’

soldier, xu, solidarity, sol, consolidate, sou, solidity, soldado, solidus, 5 more

through French solide ‘secure, solid, firm, substantial’

solidify, solidification, 1 more

Today it means

noun The fifth power of a number.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sursolid”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin solidus, French solide, French sursolide. 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- / sursolid

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