French Words & Expressions

Pas de Souci

No worries, no problem, i.e. it's okay.

Used many times, in french.

Etymology: From latin sollicitare. English: solicit

Solicit
1.
ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone.
"he called a meeting to solicit their views"
synonyms: ask for, request, apply for, put in for, seek, beg, plead for, sue for, crave, canvass, call for, drum up, press for; More
ask (someone) for something.
"historians and critics are solicited for opinions by the auction houses"
2.
accost someone and offer one's or someone else's services as a prostitute.
"although prostitution was not itself an offence, soliciting was"
synonyms: work as a prostitute, engage in prostitution, accost people, make sexual advances, tout (for business); informalhustle
"prostitutes gather in the centre of the city to solicit"
Origin
late Middle English: from Old French solliciter, from Latin sollicitare ‘agitate’, from sollicitus ‘anxious’, from sollus ‘entire’ + citus (past participle of ciere ‘set in motion’).


De rien - You're welcome (literal: It's nothing)

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