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Where does “dissolve” come from?

Dissolve comes from Latin dissolvo, from Latin solvo, from Proto-Indo-European dwís, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁, meaning two or apart.

dissolve (English): To terminate a union of multiple members...

Definitions

  1. To terminate a union of multiple members...

Ancestry of “dissolve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdissolven—
2Catalandissoldreto dissolve, to disunite; to break up, to...
3Latindissolverethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
4LatindissolvoI unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy;...
5LatinsolvoI loosen, untie, undo; free , release, acquit,...
6Latinsē-—
7Latinsexsix; 6
8Proto-Italicsekssix
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “dissolve”

  • dissolving
  • redissolve
  • dissolvable
  • dissolver
  • dissolveth
  • indissolvable
  • dissolvement
  • undissolving
  • undissolvable
  • dissolvest
  • dissolvability
  • dissolvingly
  • dissolvible
  • codissolve
  • indissolvableness
  • dissolvableness
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