Etymology of the French word absoudre
the French word
absoudrederived from the Latin word
absolvere (free , release; acquit)
derived from the Latin word
solvere (loosen, release, unbind)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leu-using the Latin prefix
ab- (away; wrongly, badly)
Date
The earliest known usage of absoudre in French dates from the 10th century.
Derivations in French
absouteCognates
Catalan
absolrer, Italian
assolvere, Spanish
absolver
