English
solvent
Solvent comes from Latin solvēns ‘solving’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsolvēnsas solventem‘solving’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsolvent
- Englishearliest quotation 1921solvent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsolvēnsas solventem‘solving’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsolvent
- Englishearliest quotation 1921solvent
Earliest quotation: 1921, Anglo American Trade: “It explains. And explanation is the true solvent of…”
Every English word from Latin solvēns
Today it means
noun A fluid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin solvēns / solvent