Etymology

insurrection

in·sur·rect·ion
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Today it means: The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature. Full definition →

Middle English insurreccion ← Middle French insurrection ← Old French insurreccïon
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₃reǵ-“to right oneself, straighten; just; right”
  2. Latin · derived fromīnsurrēctiōnem
  3. Old French · derived frominsurreccïon
  4. Middle French · derived frominsurrection
  5. Middle English · inherited frominsurreccion“uprising against a government, rebellion, revolt; civil disorder, riot; illegal armed assault”
  6. English todayinsurrection

From Late Middle English insurreccion (“uprising against a government, rebellion, revolt; civil disorder, riot; illegal armed assault”) [and other forms], from Middle French insurrection, Old French insurreccïon (modern French insurrection), and from their etymon Latin īnsurrēctiōnem (rare), the accusative singular of īnsurrēctiō (“rising up, insurrection, rebellion”), from īnsurgō (“to rise up”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + surgō (“to arise, get up; to rise”) (from sub- (prefix meaning ‘(from) beneath, under’) + regō (“to direct, govern, rule; to guide, steer; to manage, oversee”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to right oneself, straighten; just; right”))).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ- all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.