Etymology

solicitous

so·lic·i·tous
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Today it means: Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil. Full definition →

Latin sōlicitus
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromsōlicitus
  2. English todaysolicitous

From Latin sōlicitus, sollicitus (“thoroughly disturbed, anxious”), from sollus (“whole, entire”) + cieō (“move, disturb”). By surface analysis, solicit + -ous.

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