Where does “resuscitate” come from?

resuscitate (Latin) comes from Latin resuscito, from Latin suscito, from Latin citō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

resuscitate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of...

Ancestry of “resuscitate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinresuscitoI rebuild; I revive or resuscitate
2LatinsuscitoI encourage, stir up, awaken, wake up
3Latincitōquickly, fast
4Latin-tōForms here
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin -tō →