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Solid

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means having a firm, stable structure, or a state of matter that is neither liquid nor gas
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Stage 1 of 3
solidus
Latin · ancient
"solid, whole, firm"
solid, whole, firm
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Stage 2 of 3
solide
Old French · medieval
"something firm and not liquid or hollow"
carried into French for something firm and not liquid or hollow
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Stage 3 of 3
solid
English · 1400s
"firm and stable in structure, not liquid or gas"
settled as the English word for something firm and stable in structure
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