resurrection

The story

1. Latin · derived fromresurgō“to rise again”
2. Late Latin · derived fromresurrēctiōnem
3. Old French · derived fromresurrection
4. Anglo-Norman · derived fromresurrectiun
5. Middle English · inherited fromresurreccioun, resurrection
6. English todayresurrection

From Middle English resurreccioun, resurrection, from Anglo-Norman resurrectiun, Old French resurrection (French: résurrection), and their etymon Late Latin resurrēctiōnem (accusative of resurrēctiō) from Latin resurgō (“to rise again”), from re- (“again”), + surgō (“to rise”). By surface analysis, resurrect + -ion. Displaced native Old English ǣrist.

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