solar

solar · adjective, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*sóh₂wl̥
2. Latinsōl
3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
5. Latinsōlāris
6. Middle Englishsolar
7. English todaysolar

From Late Middle English solar, from Latin sōlāris, from sōl (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

solar · noun²

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*salaz
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*salaʀ
3. Old English · inherited fromsolor
4. Latin · derived fromsōlārium
5. Old English · inherited fromsoler
6. Middle English · inherited fromsolar
7. English todaysolar

From Middle English solar, soler; from a conflation of Old English soler, solere (“raised platform; loft, upper room, upper part of a house, soler”), from Latin sōlārium; and Old English solor, salor (“residence, dwelling; hall; palace”), from Proto-West Germanic *salaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *salaz, *salą (“house, room, hall”). More at sale.

Solar · adjective³

By surface analysis, Sol + -ar.

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