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Where does “resaca” come from?

resaca (English) comes from Spanish resaca, from Spanish resacar, from Spanish rio seco — dry river.

resaca (English): A dry river bed, a former channel of the Rio...

Definitions

  1. A dry river bed, a former channel of the Rio...

Ancestry of “resaca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishresacaundertow, surf, backwash; redraft, redrawing;...
2SpanishresacarTo distil
3Spanishrio secodry river
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