Where does “protosolvent” come from?

protosolvent (English) comes from English solvent, from French solvent, from Latin solventem, from Latin solvo, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

protosolvent (English): Any protonated solvent (containing hydrogen atoms), especially when residually present during NMR spectroscopy

Definitions

  1. Any protonated solvent (containing hydrogen atoms), especially when residually present during NMR spectroscopy

Ancestry of “protosolvent”, step by step

protosolvent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English solvent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsolventA liquid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or...
2Frenchsolventthird-person plural present indicative of soudre;...
3Latinsolventemaccusative masculine singular of solvēns;...
4Latinsolvoto loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt
5Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
6Latinsexsix; 6
7Proto-Italicsekssix
8Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via English proto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprotoPrototypical; preceding the proper beginning of...
2Englishproto-first; most recent common ancestor of; Relating...
3Ancient Greekπρωτο-first, primary
4Ancient Greekπρῶτοςfirst; earliest; foremost, most prominent
5Ancient Greekπρόbefore; before, in front, forth, forward; before,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanprótoward, leading to
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs