resolution

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1. Latin · derived fromresolūtiō“a loosening, solution”
2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromresolucion
3. Middle English · inherited fromresolucioun“dissolution”
4. English todayresolution

Recorded since 1412, as Middle English resolucioun (“dissolution”), either from Anglo-Norman resolucion or directly from Latin resolūtiō (“a loosening, solution”), from resolvō (“to loosen”), itself from the intensive prefix re- + solvō (“to loosen”). By surface analysis, recognizably related to resolve and -tion.