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result
Result comes from Middle English resulten, from Medieval Latin resultō, frequentative of Latin resiliō ‘to rebound’, from saliō ‘to jump’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaliō‘to jump, leap’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresiliō‘to rebound’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500resultō‘to spring back, result’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500resulten
- Englishearliest quotation 1627result
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaliō‘to jump, leap’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresiliō‘to rebound’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500resultō‘to spring back, result’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500resulten
- Englishearliest quotation 1627result
Earliest quotation: 1627, (please specify the page, or |century=I to X): “Sound is produced between the string and the air…”
The story
Recorded since 1432 as Middle English resulten, from Medieval Latin resultare, in Classical Latin "to spring forward, rebound", the frequentative of the past participle of resilio (‘to rebound’), from re- (‘back’) + salio (‘to jump, leap’).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sel- ‘jump, spring’
sale, savage, salon, exile, silva, salvage, insult, salle, sill, sylvan, slink, selva, somersault, seel, selly, 18 more
through Medieval Latin salio ‘to jump, leap’
salt, sauce, salad, salmon, sally, salient, sauté, salacious, salience, exultant, 27 more
through Medieval Latin resilio ‘to rebound’
Today it means
verb To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin saliō / result