Etymograph

English

surrection

Surrection comes from Latin surrēctiō ‘erection’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsurrēctiō1‘erection’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1654surrection1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English surrection
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1654, Nathaniel Homes, Old Testament Evidence: “I well remember those texts, Col. iii, 1, and…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsurrēctiōWiktionary, English surrection‘erection’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1654surrectionWiktionary, English surrection. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1654, Nathaniel Homes, Old Testament Evidence: “I well remember those texts, Col. iii, 1, and…”

Every English word from Latin surrēctiō

Today it means

noun A rising.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “surrection”. 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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