Origin and etymology of the English words "Solar, Sun, helios, helium"

 

The Sanskrit word सूर्य (sūrya) meaning the Sun is the origin of the English word Solar (r for l) .  The following is the etymological sequence for the formation of different words from the Sanskrit word  सूर्य (sūrya):

1. Latin sōl meaning the sun.  It is akin to Old English and Old Norse sōl, Gothic sauil, Lithuanian sáule.

Also h- for s group is represented by Greek hēlios and, in Celtic, the Welsh haul, Cornish haul, hoal, heuul, Breton héaul, hiaul, Old Irish sūl, eye.

for the n variation, we get SUN.

2. From Latin sōl, we get sōlānus, sōlāris, English solar; and sōlārius, with neuter sōlārium meaning a sundial and a sungallery.

3. Latin sōl has the full compound sōlstitium: sōl, sun+ -stitium, a standing still, from sistere, to

cause to stand (still), to stand still ; Middle French solstice, adopted by English.


4. Akin to Latin sōl is the synonym Greek hēlios, s hēli-, r hēl-; the personified Hēlios is the Sun

God. The derivative adjective hēliakos becomes Late Latin hēliacus, whence English heliac, usu in extn

heliacal; and from Greek hēlios, Scientific Latin has coined helium (Chemistry suffix -ium).





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