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Do *you* pronounce the L in SOLDER ? (In the USA?)
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tooki:

--- Quote from: Wallace Gasiewicz on December 20, 2022, 06:21:59 pm ---Solder is from the Latin "solidus" mostly referring to a specific coin, or something "solid" or make something solid,  I won't discuss the verB

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Nope, we got it from French souder, as already explained twice in this thread before now.
tooki:

--- Quote from: Siwastaja on December 20, 2022, 01:08:30 pm ---Before tooki chimes in, a quick tldr "in a nutshell", if I remember the earlier discussions right, American English [sodder] is closer to the French origin "souder", without the L sound. This is not surprising; American English has evolved different paths from British English, after it got "frozen" some hundreds of years ago. The idea that current British English is somehow more "original" than current American English, is logically weird.

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You summed it up very well. Thank you for saving me the time!  ;D ;D
IanB:

--- Quote from: tooki on December 20, 2022, 06:24:17 pm ---
--- Quote from: Wallace Gasiewicz on December 20, 2022, 06:21:59 pm ---Solder is from the Latin "solidus" mostly referring to a specific coin, or something "solid" or make something solid,  I won't discuss the verB

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Nope, we got it from French souder, as already explained twice in this thread before now.

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If the French can drop the L from the Latin origin, then the English can put it back again. It works both ways.


--- Quote ---Etymology. From Old French solder, inherited from Latin solidāre, present active infinitive of solidō.
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ebastler:
Thank you all for the clarification/confirmation of the American pronounciation!

As a mildly off-topic addition, the German word for solder does not go back to Latin, but comes from a different Germanic origin. "Löten" (verb) or "Lot" (noun), which has found its way into English as "lead" (the metal).
EPAIII:
In a word, NO. That is pronounced no.




--- Quote from: bitwelder on December 20, 2022, 09:46:16 am ---Do similar words like bolder, colder, folder get the same treatment?

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