Where does “underresourced” come from?
underresourced (English) comes from English underresource, from English resource, from Middle French ressource, from Old French resourse, from Old French resourdre, from Latin resurgō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.
underresourced (English): Having insufficient resources; poor or...
Definitions
- Having insufficient resources; poor or...
Ancestry of “underresourced”, step by step
underresourced traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English underresource
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | underresource | To provide with too few resources |
| 2 | English | resource | Something that one uses to achieve an objective,... |
| 3 | Middle French | ressource | — |
| 4 | Old French | resourse | — |
| 5 | Old French | resourdre | to spring up |
| 6 | Latin | resurgō | to rise again |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English resourced
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | resourced | simple past tense and past participle of resource |