Where does “indissolvable” come from?
indissolvable (English) comes from English dissolvable, from English dissolve, from Middle English dissolven, from Catalan dissoldre, from Latin dissolvere, from Latin dissolvo, from Latin solvo, from Latin sē- — six.
indissolvable (English): Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or...
Definitions
- Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or...
Ancestry of “indissolvable”, step by step
indissolvable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dissolvable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dissolvable | Capable of being dissolved; Something that can be... |
| 2 | English | dissolve | To terminate a union of multiple members... |
| 3 | Middle English | dissolven | To cause to dissolve or evanesce |
| 4 | Catalan | dissoldre | to dissolve, to disunite; to break up, to... |
| 5 | Latin | dissolvere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 6 | Latin | dissolvo | I unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy;... |
| 7 | Latin | solvo | to loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt |
| 8 | Latin | sē- | apart-; aside-; away |
| 9 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |