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solicit

/səˈlɪsɪt/suh-LIH-sit
/səˈlɪsɪt/suh-LIH-sit

Meaningwhole

Common meaning: ask for

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KI‘excite, stir, rouse, sharpen’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 70, p. 732 · scan
  2. Latinsollus‘whole, entire’source
  3. Latinmeaning shiftswhole, entire → to agitatesollicitare‘to agitate’source
  4. Frenchsolicitersource
  5. Middle Englishsolicitensource
  6. Englishmeaning shiftsto agitate → ask forsolicit‘ask for’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin sollus ‘whole’.

Roots

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