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solus

Pronunciation: [ˈsoː.ɫʊs]

“solus” is a Latin word. Its 2 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. alone, sole, only, by oneself with no others around
  2. solitary, uninhabited

In Latin

  1. Sine alio; unus, unicus.

Etymology

PIE word *swé The word has baffled etymologists for generations. Traditionally explained from earlier *swolos, from Proto-Italic *swelos, from Proto-Indo-European *swé (reflexive pronoun) (whence se (“oneself”)) + *-los, hence meaning "by oneself". De Vaan and other modern researchers, skeptical of the traditional explanation, refer it to the root *solh₂- (“whole, healthy”), which would make it…

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