soleil

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French word soleil comes from Proto-Indo-European *sāwel-, Latin -clus (Used to form a diminutive of a noun.)

*sāwel- (Proto-Indo-European)

-clus (Latin)

Used to form a diminutive of a noun.

*swōl (Proto-Italic)

sol (Latin)

Sun.

*soliculus (Vulgar Latin)

*soliculus (Latin)

(Vulgar Latin) sun.

soleil (Old French)

Sun (star).

soleil (Middle French)

Sun (star).

soleil (French)

Sun (star).

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