Where does “solvent” come from?

solvent (German) comes from Latin solvens, from Latin solvo, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

solvent (German): solvent

Definitions

  1. solvent

Ancestry of “solvent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsolvensloosening, untying; solving
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 →