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Where does “irresolvable” come from?

Irresolvable comes from English resolve, from Latin solvō meaning to loosen or unfasten, with the prefix ir- negating the sense of being able to be resolved.

irresolvable (English): Impossible to resolve; insoluble; Impossible to...

Definitions

  1. Impossible to resolve; insoluble; Impossible to...

Ancestry of “irresolvable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishresolvableAble to be resolved; to which a solution may be...
2EnglishresolveTo find a solution to; To reduce to simple or...
3Middle Englishresolven—
4Old Frenchresolverto resolve oneself; to become resolved
5Latinresolvō—
6Latinrĕ-—
7Latinprōdūcō—
8Latinprō-—
9Proto-Italic*pro-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
12Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “irresolvable”

  • irresolvably
  • irresolvableness
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