English
resuscitate
Resuscitate comes from Latin resuscitātus ‘revived, resuscitated’, from suscitō ‘to raise up’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂- ‘to move’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keyh₂-‘to move’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kieō‘to stir’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcieō‘to move, stir’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcitō‘to summon, rouse’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuscitō‘to raise up’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresuscitō‘to raise up again, revive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresuscitātus‘revived, resuscitated’past participle of resuscitō
- Englishearliest quotation 1642resuscitate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keyh₂-‘to move’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kieō‘to stir’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcieō‘to move, stir’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcitō‘to summon, rouse’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuscitō‘to raise up’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresuscitō‘to raise up again, revive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresuscitātus‘revived, resuscitated’past participle of resuscitō
- Englishearliest quotation 1642resuscitate
Earliest quotation: 1642, Henry More, Cambridge: “[O]nce return'd / Unto her body new reſuſcitate /…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂- ‘to move’
kinetic, kinase, cytokine, cine, kinematics, kine, 10 more
through Latin cieō ‘to move, stir’
excitation, recitation, 4 more
through Latin citō ‘to summon, rouse’
Today it means
verb To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂- / resuscitate