English
resolute
Resolute comes from Latin resolutus ‘released’, from solvō ‘to loosen, unbind’, 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, unbind’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresolvō‘to release, to unbind’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresolutus‘released’past participle of resolvō
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1591–1592resolute
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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, unbind’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresolvō‘to release, to unbind’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresolutus‘released’past participle of resolvō
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1591–1592resolute
Earliest quotation: c. 1591–1592, William Shakespeare, The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]: “Edward is at hand, / Ready to fight; therefore…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- ‘to cut off, release’
lose, analysis, lease, analyst, paralysis, dialysis, palsy, paralyze, paralytic, lysis, insoluble, loess, 27 more
through Latin luō ‘to untie, set free, separate’
dissolution, absolution, 11 more
through Latin solvō ‘to loosen, unbind’
Today it means
adj Firm, unyielding, determined.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- / resolute