solar

/soˈlaɾ/ · A2 · verb

ground, land

👞🧱 solar = suelo (ground) + -ar: to give something a ground — a floor or a sole

From Latin solum, ground or bottom, the same root as English sole and Spanish suelo. Paving gives a room its ground; soling gives a shoe its bottom. The noun solar is a plot of ground. The sun sense comes separately from sol.

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