English
quasisolution
From quasi- + solution.
Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂m
Proto-Italic *kʷis ‘who, what’
Latin quam ‘in what (which) way, to what (which) degree’
Latin quasi ‘almost’
English quasi-
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- ‘to cut off’
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Latin solvō ‘loosen’
Latin solūtiō ‘the act of loosening or unfastening someone…’
Old French solucion ‘payment of a debt’
Middle English solucioun ‘the answer to or explanation for a problem’
English solution
Today it means
noun A generalized solution to certain ill-posed problems that is well-posed in the sense of Hadamard.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / quasisolution