English
résumé
Résumé comes from French résumer ‘to summarize’, from Latin resumo ‘to take back’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘to buy, purchase’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmō‘to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresumoas resūmere‘to take back’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentrésumer‘to summarize’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentrésumépast participle of résumer
- Englishearliest quotation 1919résumé
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘to buy, purchase’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmō‘to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresumoas resūmere‘to take back’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentrésumer‘to summarize’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentrésumépast participle of résumer
- Englishearliest quotation 1919résumé
Earliest quotation: 1919, Saki: “On one occasion Mrs. Val Gwepton, who was not…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’
exempt, pommel, pomade, 56 more
through Latin emō ‘to buy, purchase’
premium, redemption, ransom, exemption, redeem, preemption, emptor, 42 more
through Latin sūmō ‘to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim,…’
consumer, assume, assumption, consume, presume, sumptuous, consumable, overconsumption, 32 more
through French résumé
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- / résumé