soloir

Old French

Alternative forms

• souloir

Etymology

From Latin solēre, present active infinitive of soleō.

Verb

soloir

1. 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
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “solēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume
  , page 45