Etymograph

English

presolve

From pre- + solve.

Formed from pre- + solve

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Latin solvō ‘to loosen, untie’

Middle English solven ‘to dissolve, break up’

English solve

Today it means

verb To transform a mathematical problem into an equivalent problem that is hopefully easier to solve.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “presolve”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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