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sol

Pronunciation: [ˈsoːɫ]

“sol” is a Latin word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. the Sun
  2. a sun
  3. gold
  4. days, period of one's life
  5. See Sōl.

Etymology

Certainly inherited from the Proto-Indo-European word for "sun," which might have had a form like *sóh₂wl̥ (see there for alternative reconstructions). The development of the Latin form and the exact reconstruction of the PIE word is disputed. The only attested cognate within the Italic branch is Oscan 𐌔𐌖𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌔 (suleis) (genitive singular), which may represent underlying *sōl or *sūl. In the former…

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