The root of the word is indeed solitudo, "ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant", but the dictionary (that is, the one on-line and in reach) supports "desert

The root of the word is indeed solitudo, "ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant", but the dictionary (that is, the one on-line and in reach) supports "desert" or "wilderness": http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DS%3Aentry+group%3D51%3Aentry%3Dsolitudo http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%...