Sollicitous
/səˈlɪs.ɪ.təs/noun
Showing concern or care; anxious or eager to do something.
Did you know?Its ancestor in Latin, *sollicitus*, literally meant “thoroughly disturbed” or “agitated,” from *sollus* (“whole”) + *ciere* (“to set in motion”), so concern and inner unrest were built into the word from the start.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*key-
“to set in motion, stir up”
Latin
Latin
ciere
“to cause to move, rouse, summon”
Latin
Latin
sollicitus
“agitated, disturbed, uneasy; later eager or anxious”
Middle English
Anglo-French
sollicite
“anxious, troubled, full of concern”
Late Middle English
English
sollicitous
“full of concern or care; anxiously attentive”