Where does “solvo” come from?

solvo (Latin) comes from Latin luō, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.

solvo (Latin): to loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt

Definitions

  1. to loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt

Ancestry of “solvo”, step by step

solvo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin luō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinluōto wash
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash

via Latin sē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsēwithout
2Indo-European*swé—

Words derived from “solvo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- →
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