Where does “dissolver” come from?

dissolver (English) comes from English dissolve, from Middle English dissolven, from Catalan dissoldre, from Latin dissolvere, from Latin dissolvo, from Latin solvo, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex — six.

dissolver (English): One who, or that which, dissolves or dissipates

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, dissolves or dissipates

Ancestry of “dissolver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdissolveTo terminate a union of multiple members...
2Middle EnglishdissolvenTo cause to dissolve or evanesce
3Catalandissoldreto dissolve, to disunite; to break up, to...
4Latindissolverethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5LatindissolvoI unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy;...
6Latinsolvoto loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt
7Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
8Latinsexsix; 6
9Proto-Italicsekssix
10Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs