Where does “unsolvably” come from?
unsolvably (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.
unsolvably (English): Such that it cannot be solved
Definitions
- Such that it cannot be solved
Ancestry of “unsolvably”, step by step
unsolvably 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 |