Where does “dissolve” come from?
dissolve (Italian) comes from Italian dissolvere, from Latin dissolvo, from Latin solvo, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.
dissolve (Italian): third-person singular present indicative of...
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- third-person singular present indicative of...
Ancestry of “dissolve”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | dissolvere | to dissolve; to disperse or dispel |
| 2 | Latin | dissolvo | I unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy;... |
| 3 | Latin | solvo | to loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt |
| 4 | Latin | sē- | apart-; aside-; away |
| 5 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |