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solari
Latin · ancient
"to comfort, to soothe"
to comfort, to soothe, combined with com- (thoroughly)
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consolari
Latin · ancient
"to comfort greatly"
to comfort greatly, from com- and solari
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consoler
Old French · medieval
"to offer comfort to someone in distress"
carried into French for offering comfort to someone in distress
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console
English · 1600s
"to comfort someone at a time of grief or disappointment"
settled as the English word for comforting someone at a time of grief or disappointment
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