Solv is a Latin word meaning "to loosen, to release, to break up".
Here are some other words with the same root:
* Solve (to find the answer to a problem)
* Solution (the answer to a problem)
* Soluble (capable of being dissolved)
* Insoluble (not capable of being dissolved)
* Resolvable (capable of being solved)
* Dissolvable (capable of being dissolved)