Business name word
Sole
Only.
Pronunciation: /səʊl/, [sɒʊɫ]
What “Sole” means
Adj
- Only.
- Unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.
- Unique; unsurpassed.
- With independent power; unfettered.
Noun
- The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
- The bottom of a shoe or boot.
- The foot itself.
- Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae; a true sole.
- A flatfish resembling those of the family Soleidae.
Verb
- To put a sole on a shoe or a boot.
Noun
- A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.
Where the word comes from
From Middle English sole, soule, from Old French sol, soul (“alone”), from Latin sōlus (“alone, single, solitary, lonely”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swé (reflexive pronoun). Perhaps related to Old Latin sollus (“whole, complete”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“safe, healthy”). More at save.
From Middle English sole, soole, from Old English sole, solu. Reinforced by Anglo-Norman sole, Old French 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”). Cognate with Dutch zool (“sole, tread”), German Sohle (“sole, insole, bottom, floor”), Danish sål (“sole”), Icelandic sóli (“sole, outsole”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰 (sulja, “sandal”). Related to Latin solum (“bottom, ground, soil”). More at soil. Compare typologically Russian по́чва (póčva) akin to подо́шва (podóšva).
From Middle English sole, soole, from Old English sāl (“a rope, cord, line, bond, rein, door-hinge, necklace, collar”), from Proto-Germanic *sailą, *sailaz (“rope, cable”), *sailō (“noose, rein, bondage”), from Proto-Indo-European *sey- (“to tie to, tie together”). Cognate with Scots sale, saile (“halter, collar”), Dutch zeel (“rope, cord, strap”), German Seil (“rope, cable, wire”), Icelandic seil (“a string, line”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian dell (“sinew, vein”).
Meanings and etymology from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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