Etymology of the English word solar
the English word
solarderived from the Latin word
solarisderived from the Latin word
sol (sun)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sāwel- (to shine)
Date
The earliest known usage of solar in English dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in English
antisolar,
circumsolar,
extrasolar,
lunisolar,
solarism,
solarize,
subsolarCognates
Dutch
solair, French
solaire, German
solar, Icelandic
sólar, Norwegian
sol-, Swedish
sol-Usage
Word found in Modern English
