• folkrav@lemmy.ca
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    24 days ago

    The “Sol” name is actually more of a science-fiction, pop-culture thing. It’s just called “the Sun”. “Solar” comes from latin Solaris, meaning “pertaining to the sun”, “sol” itself meaning “sun”.

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        23 days ago

        Oh, I believe you. It’s most likely because of the shared Latin root. The comment I was responding to was in English, though.