Where does “solution” come from?
Solution comes from Old French solucion, from Latin solutionem, the accusative of solutio, derived from solvo meaning to loosen or dissolve, from Proto-Italic swelawō.
solution (English): A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas...
Definitions
- A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas...
Ancestry of “solution”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | solucioun | The answer to or explanation for a problem |
| 2 | Old French | solucion | payment of a debt; annulment; cancelling;... |
| 3 | Latin | solūtiōnem | — |
| 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 |