solace

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*selh₂-“mercy, comfort”
2. Latin · derived fromsōlācium“consolation”
3. Old French · derived fromsolas
4. English todaysolace

From Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”).

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