English
resurrect
Resurrect comes from Latin resurrēct-.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEresurrēct-
- Englishearliest quotation 2020resurrect
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEresurrēct-
- Englishearliest quotation 2020resurrect
Earliest quotation: 2020, Richard Clinnick, Fleet News: Class 56s revived, rebuilt and rebooted as GBRf : “Why resurrect the idea almost 25 years later?”
Every English word from Latin resurrēct-
Today it means
verb To raise from the dead; to bring life back to.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin resurrēct- / resurrect