Where does “insolvency” come from?
Insolvency comes from English insolvent, from Latin insolvent- (unable to pay), composed of Latin in- (not) and solvency, from Latin solvent- (able to pay), from Latin solvere (to loosen, pay), traced to Proto-Indo-European oyd-.
insolvency (English): The condition of being insolvent; the state or...
Definitions
- The condition of being insolvent; the state or...
Ancestry of “insolvency”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | insolvent | Unable to pay one's bills as they fall due; Owing... |
| 2 | English | solvent | A liquid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or... |
| 3 | French | solvent | third-person plural present indicative of soudre;... |
| 4 | Latin | solventem | accusative masculine singular of solvēns;... |
| 5 | Latin | solvo | to loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt |
| 6 | Latin | sē- | apart-; aside-; away |
| 7 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |