Etymology

resiny

R1E1S1I1N1Y4

Today it means: Like resin; resinous. Full definition →

English resin ← Middle English resyn ← Old French résine
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The story

  1. Latinrēsīna
  2. Old Frenchrésine
  3. Middle Englishresyn
  4. Englishresin
  5. English todayresiny

From resin + -y.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.