Where does “insolubility” come from?
Insolubility comes from Latin insolubilitas, meaning the quality of being incapable of being dissolved or resolved.
insolubility (English): The quality of being insoluble
Definitions
- The quality of being insoluble
Ancestry of “insolubility”, step by step
insolubility traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English insoluble
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | insoluble | That cannot be dissolved; That cannot be solved;... |
| 2 | Latin | insolubilis | incontestable; indissoluble |
| 3 | Latin | solubilis | solvable |
| 4 | Latin | solūtiō | The act of loosening or unfastening someone or something; dissolution |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Latin insolubilitas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | insolubilitas | — |