Where does “solvere” come from?

solvere (Italian) comes from Latin solvo, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

solvere (Italian): to melt or loosen; to resolve; to release

Definitions

  1. to melt or loosen; to resolve; to release

Ancestry of “solvere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsolvoto loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt
2Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
3Latinsexsix; 6
4Proto-Italicsekssix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “solvere”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Latin solvo →