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Where does “unsolve” come from?

unsolve (English) comes from English solve, from French dissoudre, from Italian risolvere, from Spanish resolver, from Latin resolvō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.

unsolve (English): To solve; To undo or remove the solution to a...

Definitions

  1. To solve; To undo or remove the solution to a...

Ancestry of “unsolve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsolveTo find an answer or solution to a problem or...
2Frenchdissoudreto dissolve
3Italianrisolvereto solve; to resolve; to settle
4Spanishresolverto resolve, to sort out, to settle, to address,...
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
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