English
renitent
Renitent comes from Latin renītēns ‘struggling’, and goes back to nītor.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnītor
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErenītor‘resist, struggle’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErenītēns‘struggling’present participle of renītor
- Englishearliest quotation 1987renitent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
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- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnītor
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErenītor‘resist, struggle’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErenītēns‘struggling’present participle of renītor
- Englishearliest quotation 1987renitent
Earliest quotation: 1987, Gene Wolfe, New York: Tor Books: “[…]I could see the renitent surface under my feet…”
Every English word from Latin nītor
Today it means
adj resistant to physical pressure; unyielding
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin nītor / renitent