Resolve
/rɪˈzɒlv/noun
To decide firmly or settle a question, problem, or dispute.
Did you know?Resolve comes from Latin resolvere, literally “to unfasten” or “loosen back,” the same root behind ideas of dissolving, undoing, and releasing what was bound.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*leu-
“to loosen, split apart, untie”
Latin
Latin
solvere
“to loosen, release, untie, pay”
Latin
Latin
resolvere
“to unfasten, loosen again, dissolve; figuratively, settle or explain”
Old French
Old French
resoudre
“to resolve, decide, dissolve”
Middle English
English
resolven
“to dissolve; to decide firmly”
Modern English
English
resolve
“to make a firm decision; to settle or solve”