English word resolve comes from Latin solvo, Latin re-, German resolvieren
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| solvo | Latin (lat) | Cancel, remove, destroy. Dissolve, break up, separate. Loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt. Pay [up], fulfil. Relax, slacken, weaken. Solve, explain. To dismiss (troops). To get rid of (feelings). To let down (hair). To open (a letter). To raise (a siege). To set sail (ships). To undermine. To unfurl. |
| re- | Latin (lat) | Again; prefix added to various words to indicate an action being done again, or like the other usages indicated above under English.. Back, backwards. |
| resolvieren | German (de) | |
| resolvere | Latin (lat) | |
| resolver | Old French (fro) | (reflexive, se resolver) to resolve oneself; to become resolved. |
| resolven | Middle English (enm) | |
| resolve | English (en) | (chemistry) To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.. (computing) To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up.. (intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something.. (medicine, dated) To disperse or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumour.. (music) To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.. [...] |