Etymology

soldo

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Today it means: An Italian coin, formerly one-twentieth of a lira. Full definition →

Italian soldo ← Latin solidum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsolidum
  2. Italian · borrowed fromsoldo
  3. English todaysoldo

From Italian soldo, from Latin solidum. Doublet of sol, sold, solid, solidus, sou, and xu.

Words from the same roots

Italiansoldo all →

soldsaltee

Latinsolidum all →

solidsolsolidaritysolidum

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