Where does “insolvably” come from?
insolvably (English) comes from English insolvable, from English solvable, from English solve, from French dissoudre, from Italian risolvere, from Spanish resolver, from Latin resolvō, from Latin rĕ- — passed , crossed.
insolvably (English): In an insolvable manner
Definitions
- In an insolvable manner
Ancestry of “insolvably”, step by step
insolvably traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English insolvable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | insolvable | Impossible to solve; insoluble; Incapable of... |
| 2 | English | solvable | Capable of being solved; Capable of being... |
| 3 | English | solve | To find an answer or solution to a problem or... |
| 4 | French | dissoudre | to dissolve |
| 5 | Italian | risolvere | to solve; to resolve; to settle |
| 6 | Spanish | resolver | to resolve, to sort out, to settle, to address,... |
| 7 | Latin | resolvō | to release, loosen, unloose, unbind, disentangle, relax, dissolve |
| 8 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 9 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 10 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |