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Subject: Re: soldering "iron"

From: "Ron Yost" <musik42@...>
Date: 2009-10-16

From Online Etymology Dictionary:
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=solder

Solder

c.1350, sawd, from O.Fr. soldure, from solder "to join with solder," from L.
solidare "to make solid," from solidus "solid" (see solid). Modern form is
from c.1420. The -l- is still pronounced in Great Britain. The noun is first
attested 1374.

Soder-on. :)
Ron Yost