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Where does “dissolvere” come from?

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

dissolvere (Latin): third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Ancestry of “dissolvere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatindissolvoI unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy;...
2LatinsolvoI loosen, untie, undo; free , release, acquit,...
3Latinsē-—
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “dissolvere”

  • dissoluble
  • dissolubleness
  • dissolubilis
  • dissolubile
  • dissolubilità
  • dissolvere
  • dissolve
  • dissoudre
  • autodissoudre
  • dissoluble
  • dissolver
  • dissoldre
  • dissòlvre
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →