sol.
sole (the bottom of a shoe or boot)
Meaning & usage
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.
sol: in a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la
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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