soloir

Old French

Alternative forms

souloir

Etymology

From Latin solēre, present active infinitive of soleō.

Verb

soloir

to have a custom; to usually do

Usage notes

While the infinitive is only attested in Latin-French glossaries, soloir is copiously attested through its conjugated forms such as soloit and soloient.

Descendants

Middle French: souloir
- French: souloir (archaic)

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (souloir)

soloir on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “solēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 120, page 45

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