Etymology

solver

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Today it means: One who or that which solves. Full definition →

English solve ← Middle English solven ← Latin solvō, solvere
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*s(w)é
  2. Latinse-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*luh₁éti
  5. Proto-Italic[Term?]
  6. Latinluō
  7. Latinsolvō, solvere
  8. Middle Englishsolven
  9. Englishsolve
  10. English todaysolver

From solve + -er.

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