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Where does “dissolveth” come from?

dissolveth (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.

dissolveth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “dissolveth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdissolveTo terminate a union of multiple members...
2Middle Englishdissolven—
3Catalandissoldreto dissolve, to disunite; to break up, to...
4Latindissolverethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5LatindissolvoI unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy;...
6LatinsolvoI loosen, untie, undo; free , release, acquit,...
7Latinsē-—
8Latinsexsix; 6
9Proto-Italicsekssix
10Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
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