Dictionary of English Etymology (Volume 3) - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1865. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Solace. Lat. solor, to console, solace, ease; solatium, It. solazzo, Fr. soulas, solace, sport, recreation. In Gael. the particles so and do are used like «v and 8vs in Gr. Thus from leir, sight, perception, soilleir, bright, clear; doilleir, dim, dark, obscure; solas, comfort, cheerfulness, joy; dolas, woe, grief, mourning. Solder, Sodder. Fr. soulder, souder, to soulder, consolidate, close or fasten together.--Cot. lt. soldo, sodo, solid, firm; saldare, to fix, fasten, to stanch blood, soulder metals, starch linen, gum or stiffen silks, close or heal up a wound.--Fl. Lat. solidus. Soldier. OFr. souldart, Norm. soldar, soldier, one who receives pay. Eo son stao to soldaero.--Barsegap^ (Milanese 13th cent.). It. soldo, Fr. solde, pay, hire, from solidus, Fr. sol, sou, a piece of money. Sole. The basis of anything, floor of a mine, lower surface of the foot, of a shos, &c. Pl. D. sale, G. sohle, Lat. solea, It. suola, Sw. sola, sola, sole of the foot or of a shoe. Goth. sulja, sandal; suljan, to found, to lay a foundation. W. sail, foundation, groundwork; seilgamu (camu, to step), to tread a sole away; seilddor (foundation of door), threshold; seilddar (daear, earth, ground), a foundation, pile, a prop, explaining Pl. D. stde, G. saiile, a column, pillar. The radical signification is probably that of Lat. solum, the ground or earth, from the origin explained under Soil. Sollar. An upper room of a house.--E. Properly simply a flooring, then applied to floors or stages in different parts of the house. It. solaro, sollato, a floor or ceiling; solan, a story of any building, from solare, to sole, to floor, or ceil.-- Fl. OFr. solier, sollier, an upper floor, ground floor, loft. Du. solder, soller, lacunar, tabulatum, contignatio; solderen, contignare, c...