Where does “dissolven” come from?
dissolven (Middle English) comes from Catalan dissoldre, from Latin dissolvere, from Latin dissolvo, from Latin solvo, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.
dissolven (Middle English): To cause to dissolve or evanesce
Definitions
- To cause to dissolve or evanesce
Ancestry of “dissolven”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | dissoldre | to dissolve, to disunite; to break up, to... |
| 2 | Latin | dissolvere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | dissolvo | I unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy;... |
| 4 | Latin | solvo | to loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt |
| 5 | Latin | sē- | apart-; aside-; away |
| 6 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |