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sol.

sole (the bottom of a shoe or boot)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɔl/Standard-Indonesian[ˈsɔl]Standard-Indonesian
  1. sole (the bottom of a shoe or boot)

Where this word comes from

From Dutch zool, from Middle Dutch sole, from Vulgar Latin sola ("bottom of the shoe", also "flatfish"), from Latin solea (“sandal, bottom of the shoe”), from Proto-Indo-European *swol- (“sole”). Compare to Afrikaans sool.

noun/ˈsɔl/Standard-Indonesian[ˈsɔl]Standard-Indonesian
  1. sol: in a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la

  2. sol: in a fixed-do system: the musical note G

Where this word comes from

From Dutch sol, the first syllable of Latin solve (“to remove, get rid of”), the first word of the fifth line, third verse (“Solve polluti, labii reatum”, that is, “Clean the guilt from our stained lips”) of the famed medieval hymn Ut queant laxis, which solfège was based on because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.

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