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Where does “transilience” come from?

transilience (English) comes from Latin transiliens, from Latin transilio, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

transilience (English): something transilient; a leap across something,...

Definitions

  1. something transilient; a leap across something,...

Ancestry of “transilience”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintransiliensjumping over, leaping across
2LatintransilioI jump over, leap across; I hasten, go quickly
3Latinsaliō—
4Latinsāl—
5Proto-Italicsāls—
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →