Etymology

resiliency

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Today it means: Synonym of resilience. Full definition →

Latin resiliō ← Proto-Italic *wre-
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  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Latinsaliō
  4. Latinresiliō
  5. English todayresiliency

From Latin resiliō (“to spring back”) + English -ency.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.