English
resilient
Resilient comes from Latin resiliēns ‘rebounding’, from resiliō ‘to leap or spring back’, and ultimately from saliō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaliō‘to leap’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresiliō‘to leap or spring back’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresiliēns‘rebounding’
- Englishearliest quotation 1994resilient
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaliō‘to leap’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresiliō‘to leap or spring back’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresiliēns‘rebounding’
- Englishearliest quotation 1994resilient
Earliest quotation: 1994, Michael Grumley: “He’s resilient, and strong, but sometimes tonight, here, the…”
Formed from -ent
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sel- ‘jump, spring’
sale, savage, insult, salon, salvage, exile, silva, salle, sylvan, sill, somersault, selva, slink, seel, selly, 18 more
through Latin saliō ‘to leap’
salt, sauce, salad, salmon, sally, sauté, salacious, salient, exultant, salience, 29 more
through Latin resiliō ‘to leap or spring back’
Today it means
adj Returning quickly to original shape after force is applied; elastic. (of objects or substances)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin saliō / resilient