Etymograph

English

resiliency

Resiliency comes from Latin resiliō ‘to spring back’, and goes back to saliō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaliō1
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEresiliō1‘to spring back’
  3. Englishtodayresiliency1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English resiliency

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaliōWiktionary, English resiliency
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEresiliōWiktionary, English resiliency‘to spring back’
  3. EnglishtodayresiliencyWiktionary, English resiliency

Linked words

through Latin saliō

salt, sauce, salad, salmon, sally, salient, salacious, exultant, salience, 28 more

through Latin resiliō ‘to spring back’

result, 5 more

Today it means

noun Synonym of resilience.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “resiliency”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Latin saliō / resiliency

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