Where does “resuscitate” come from?

resuscitate (Italian) comes from Italian resuscitare, from Latin resuscitō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

resuscitate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “resuscitate”, step by step

resuscitate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian resuscitare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianresuscitareTo resuscitate; To be resuscitated; to come round
2Latinresuscitōto rebuild
3Latinrĕ-back, backwards
4Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
5Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
6Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Italian resuscitato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianresuscitatopast participle of resuscitare
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Latin rĕ-