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Where does the word "solar" come from? It comes from Latin sol, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
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Where does the word "solar" come from? It comes from Latin sol, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
Solar’s story begins in Latin: sol meant “the sun.” The root of 'solstice' and 'parasol'. It reached English by 1400s as solar. Settled as the English word for anything relating to the sun. Today, solar means relating to the sun, or powered by energy from it.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient sol "the sun", the root of 'solstice' and 'parasol'.
- Stage 2 · English · 1400s solar "relating to the sun", settled as the English word for anything relating to the sun.