English
dissolution
Dissolution comes from Latin dissolūtiō ‘a dissolving, destroying, breaking up,…’, from solvō ‘to loosen, untie, undo’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- ‘to cut off, release’.
- 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 untie, set free, separate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsolvō‘to loosen, untie, undo’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdissolvō‘to unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdissolūtiō‘a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400dissolucion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500dissolucioun‘dissoluteness, laxness, leniency’
- Englishearliest quotation 1822dissolution
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 untie, set free, separate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsolvō‘to loosen, untie, undo’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdissolvō‘to unloose, disunite, separate, dissolve, destroy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdissolūtiō‘a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400dissolucion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500dissolucioun‘dissoluteness, laxness, leniency’
- Englishearliest quotation 1822dissolution
Earliest quotation: 1822, John Barclay, Ancient and Modern: “The whole fabric dries up, or becomes putrid; and,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- ‘to cut off, release’
lose, analysis, lease, analyst, paralysis, palsy, dialysis, paralyze, insoluble, paralytic, lysis, loess, 26 more
through Latin luō ‘to untie, set free, separate’
through Latin solvō ‘to loosen, untie, undo’
so, solve, resolution, sol, soluble, resolute, absolution, 9 more
Today it means
noun The termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- / dissolution