Where does “resurrection” come from?
Resurrection comes from Old French resurrectiun, from Latin resurrectio (the act of rising again), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European wer- meaning to turn or bend.
resurrection (English): The act of arising from the dead and becoming...
Definitions
- The act of arising from the dead and becoming...
Ancestry of “resurrection”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | resurreccioun | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | resurrectiun | resurrection |
| 3 | Latin | resurrectio | resurrection; resurrection, the Resurrection |
| 4 | Latin | resurgō | to rise again |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |