English
resource
Resource is borrowed from Middle French ressource, from Old French resourse ‘a spring’, from resourdre, from Latin resurgō ‘to rise again’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsurgō‘to rise’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresurgō‘to rise again’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400resourdre
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400resourse‘a source, spring’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600ressource
- Englishearliest quotation 1918resource
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsurgō‘to rise’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresurgō‘to rise again’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400resourdre
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400resourse‘a source, spring’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600ressource
- Englishearliest quotation 1918resource
Earliest quotation: 1918, William Babington Maxwell, Indianapolis: “This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- ‘to straighten’
right, real, rich, royal, regular, correct, rank, arrangement, roy, radar, arrange, rack, rogue, rex, interrogation, raj, rake, rector, regal, regency, dresser, rani, rajah, undress, dressage, rhesus, eldritch, riel, dirigible, rectilinear, interregnum, derailleur, retch, 74 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti ‘to be straightening, to be setting upright’
through Proto-Italic *regō
regional, ruler, directory, regiment, regimen, erectile, erectus, erector, 36 more
through Latin regō ‘to rule, govern, direct’
director, rule, region, direction, direct, address, dress, regime, realm, regulate, erect, regent, rectify, rectum, incorrigible, droit, régime, irregularity, rectification, dirge, regula, recto, rectitude, rectus, derecho, corregidor, regio, 47 more
through Latin surgō ‘to rise’
through Latin resurgō ‘to rise again, spring up anew’
Today it means
noun Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin surgō / resource