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sol

“sol” is a Middle English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. The brightest and warmest celestial body, considered to be a planet in the Ptolemic system; the Sun (the center of our solar system).
  2. A heavy, yellow metal; gold.

Etymology

From Latin sōl (“sun”), or perhaps from Old English sōl (“sun”), both of which hail from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.

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