Where does “unsolvableness” come from?
unsolvableness (English) comes from English unsolvable, from English solvable, from English solve, from French dissoudre, from Italian risolvere, from Spanish resolver, from Latin resolvō, from Latin rĕ- — passed , crossed.
unsolvableness (English): The quality of being unsolvable
Definitions
- The quality of being unsolvable
Ancestry of “unsolvableness”, step by step
unsolvableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unsolvable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unsolvable | Not solvable; Provably not solvable |
| 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 |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |