Where does “dissolution” come from?
Dissolution comes from Old French dissolution, from Latin dissolutio, meaning the action of dissolving or breaking apart.
dissolution (English): The termination of an organized body or...
Definitions
- The termination of an organized body or...
Ancestry of “dissolution”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | dissolucioun | dissoluteness, laxness, leniency |
| 2 | Old French | dissolucion | — |
| 3 | Latin | dissolutio | destruction, abolition, dissolution; refutation;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |