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Resolution comes from Middle English resolucioun ‘dissolution’, from Anglo-Norman resolucion or Latin resolūtiō ‘a loosening’, from resolvō ‘to loosen’.

1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsolvō¹‘to loosen, untie’
2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEresolvō¹‘to release, loosen’
3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEresolūtiō¹‘untying, loosening’
4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500resolucioun¹‘dissolution’
5. Englishearliest quotation 2013resolution¹

1. ¹ Wiktionary, English resolution
2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2013, -August, American Scientist: “The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some…”.