resolute

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 415 words | Copyright

resolute †determinate, absolute; of fixed resolve. XV. — L. resolūtus, pp. of resolvere.
So resolution †dissolution; resolving into components XIV; decision, determination XVI. — L., f. resolvere (f. RE- + solvere SOLVE), whence resolve †dissolve (trans. and intr.) XIV; †soften, slacken XV; separate into; answer; solve; determine; †assure XVI; hence sb. XVI.

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