resolute
REZ-uh-loot · adjective
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Origin
Resolute comes from Latin resolutus, "released," the past participle of resolvō, "to release, to unbind" (re- + solvō, the root that also gives us solve).
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It shares its root solvō with English solve, both descending from the same Latin verb of loosening or releasing.
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