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solicitor

/səˈlɪsətə/suh-LIH-suh-tur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/səˈlɪsətɚ/suh-LIH-suh-tur

Meaningone who asks for

Common meaning: a lawyer who advises clients (UK)

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Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ki-‘excite, stir, rouse, sharpen’source
  2. Latinsollus‘whole, entire’source
  3. Latinsollicitare‘to agitate’source
  4. Frenchsolicitersource
  5. Middle Englishsolicitensource
  6. Englishsolicit‘ask for’
  7. Englishformed in English from solicitsolicitor‘a lawyer who advises clients (UK)’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from solicit + -or.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SOLICIT, p.572 · scan

Source words

  • sollus Latin · source word “whole”

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