solsticio

See also: solstício

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥

Latin sōl

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti

Proto-Italic *sistō

Latin sistō

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ium

Latin sōlstitiumslbor.

Spanish solsticio

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin sōlstitium, from sōl + sistō + -ium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /solsˈtiθjo/ [solsˈt̪i.θjo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /solsˈtisjo/ [solsˈt̪i.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθjo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -isjo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: sols‧ti‧cio

Noun

solsticio m (plural solsticios)

1. solstice

   Coordinate term: equinoccio (“equinox”)

Derived terms

• solsticio hiemal
• solsticio vernal

Descendants

• Tagoi: solstisyo
• Waray-Waray: solstisyo

Further reading

• “solsticio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025