Where does “ressac” come from?

ressac (French) comes from Spanish resaca, from Spanish resacar, from Spanish rio seco — dry river.

ressac (French): swash, backwash

Definitions

  1. swash, backwash

Ancestry of “ressac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishresacaundertow, surf, backwash; redraft, redrawing;...
2SpanishresacarTo distil
3Spanishrio secodry river
Every word from Spanish rio seco →Every word from Spanish resacar →Every word from Spanish resaca →