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Resolve

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to find a solution to a problem, or to make a firm decision
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Stage 1 of 2
resolvere
Latin · ancient
"to loosen, to settle"
to loosen back, to settle, from re- (back) and solvere (to loosen)
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Stage 2 of 2
resolve
English · 1400s
"to find a solution, or to firmly decide something"
settled as the English word for finding a solution, or firmly deciding something
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