English
absolvent
Absolvent comes from Latin absolvēns ‘absolving’, from solvō ‘to release, to loosen, to dissolve, to take…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewh₁-‘to cut off, release’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*luh₁étireconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEluō‘to let go, set free’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsolvō‘to release, to loosen, to dissolve, to take apart’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabsolvō‘to absolve’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabsolvēns‘absolving’
- Englishearliest quotation 1837absolvent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewh₁-‘to cut off, release’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*luh₁étireconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEluō‘to let go, set free’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsolvō‘to release, to loosen, to dissolve, to take apart’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabsolvō‘to absolve’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabsolvēns‘absolving’
- Englishearliest quotation 1837absolvent
Earliest quotation: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, London: Chapman and Hall: “Patriotism, hounded-on by Prussian Terror, by Preternatural Suspicion, roars…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- ‘to cut off, release’
lose, analysis, lease, analyst, paralysis, dialysis, palsy, paralyze, insoluble, paralytic, lysis, loess, 24 more
through Latin luō ‘to let go, set free’
resolution, resolve, dissolution, 8 more
through Latin solvō ‘to release, to loosen, to dissolve, to take…’
so, solution, solve, sol, soluble, resolute, 9 more
through Latin absolvō ‘to absolve’
Today it means
adj Absolving.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- / absolvent