Where does “soudre” come from?

soudre (French) comes from Old French soudre, from Latin solvo, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

soudre (French): resolve; pay off

Definitions

  1. resolve; pay off

Ancestry of “soudre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsoudreto pay; to pay off
2Latinsolvoto loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt
3Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Latin solvo →