Where does “resilience” come from?

Resilience derives from Latin resilio, meaning to spring back or rebound, from Proto-Italic wresaljō with the same sense of elastic recoil.

resilience (English): The mental ability to recover quickly from...

Definitions

  1. The mental ability to recover quickly from...

Ancestry of “resilience”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinresiliōto leap or spring back; rebound, recoil, retreat
2Latinrĕ-back, backwards
3Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
4Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
5Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “resilience”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin rĕ- →