Where does “resuscitation” come from?
Resuscitation comes from Middle English resuscitacion, from Latin resuscitatio, combining Latin re- and sub- with Latin citus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wer- and ḱey-.
resuscitation (English): The act of resuscitating
Definitions
- The act of resuscitating
Ancestry of “resuscitation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | resuscitacion | — |
| 2 | Latin | resuscitatio | resuscitation |
| 3 | Latin | resuscitō | to rebuild |
| 4 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 5 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |