sole

sole
\ \ English has three separate words sole, two of them closely related. Soleunderneath of the foot’ [14] comes via Old French sole from Vulgar Latin *sola, a descendant of Latin soleasandal, sill’ (a possible relative of English sill).
\ \ And this in turn was derived from Latin solumground, sole of the foot’ (a possible contributor to English soil). Soleflatfish’ [14] was independently borrowed from Old French sole in the sense ‘flatfish’, a metaphorical extension based on the similarity in shape between the fish and the sole of the foot. Soleonly’ [14] comes via Old French soul (ancestor of modern French seulonly, sole’) from Latin sōlusalone, single’. The origins of this are uncertain, but it may be related to the pronoun oneself’, in which case it could mean etymologically ‘by oneself’. Its other contributions to English include desolate [14], soliloquy [17], solitary [14], solo [17] (via Italian), and sullen.
\ \ Cf.SILL; DESOLATE, SOLITARY, SOLO, SULLEN

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