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obsŏlētus

worn-out

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What it meant

1. obsoletus — de Vaan

obsoletus 'worn-out' (Cic). Pit. *sol-e- 'to occupy'. PIE *sol-ehr 'to occupy, inhabit'. IE cognates: see s.v. solum. The etymology is disputed. The meaning is closest to suesco and sodalis, so that WH and IEW prefer *suect-e- > *sode-> which then underwent the irregular development of intervocalic *d to /. However, *swe- > so- would be blocked by a following front vowel such as e\ hence this etymology must be … — [de Vaan, s.v. obsoletus, p. 585]

2. obsŏlētus — Lewis & Short

obsŏlētus, a, um, P. a., v. obsolesco

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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