Etymograph

English

resurrect

Resurrect comes from Latin resurrēct-.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEresurrēct-1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020resurrect1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English resurrect
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2020, Richard Clinnick, Fleet News: Class 56s revived, rebuilt and rebooted as GBRf : “Why resurrect the idea almost 25 years later?”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEresurrēct-Wiktionary, English resurrect
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020resurrectWiktionary, English resurrect. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 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.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “resurrect”. 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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