Resurrect
/ˌrɛz.əˈrɛkt/noun
To bring back to life or revive something that had been dead or inactive.
Did you know?The word entered English through Christian theology, where it was used for the rising of the dead, so its power comes from the idea of a body being called back from the grave.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*serʰ-
“to rise, lift up”
Latin
Latin
surgere
“to rise, get up”
Latin
Latin
resurgere
“to rise again, spring up again”
Late Latin
Latin
resurrectus
“raised up again”
14th Century
English
resurrecten
“to raise from the dead”
Modern English
English
resurrect
“to bring back to life or revive”
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