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Meaning & History
Nickname from soldo "penny cent" also "military pay wage" (from Latin solidus "solid" the name of a gold Roman coin). From a short form of a compound personal name ending with -soldo such as Ansoldo. Nickname for a soldier either from a hypocoristic form of soldat "soldier" (from Italian soldato) or from soldo an Italian word which came to mean "military pay" in the Middle Ages