verb/desoˈlaɾ/
to desolate, destroy; to grieve
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Latin sōlus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin dēsōlōlbor. Spanish desolar Learned borrowing from Latin dēsōlāre, from dē- + sōlus (“alone”) + -ō (verbal suffix). Cognate with English desolate, French désoler, Italia