Etymograph

English

resumer

From resume + -er.

Formed from resume + -er

Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’

Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’

Latin sūmō ‘to take’

Latin resumere

Middle French resumer ‘to resume (to continue with a task (etc.) one…’

English resume

Today it means

noun One who resumes, or takes up an activity again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “resumer”. 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.

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