Where does “dissolving” come from?
Dissolving comes from English dissolve, from Latin dissolvo, from Latin solvo, from Proto-Indo-European dwís, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁, meaning two or apart.
dissolving (English): present participle of dissolve; The act by which...
Definitions
- present participle of dissolve; The act by which...
Ancestry of “dissolving”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dissolve | To terminate a union of multiple members... |
| 2 | Middle English | dissolven | To cause to dissolve or evanesce |
| 3 | Catalan | dissoldre | to dissolve, to disunite; to break up, to... |
| 4 | Latin | dissolvere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | dissolvo | I unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy;... |
| 6 | Latin | solvo | to loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt |
| 7 | Latin | sē- | apart-; aside-; away |
| 8 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |