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result

/ɹɪˈzʌlt/rih-ZUHLT
/ɹɪˈzʌlt/rih-ZUHLT

Meaninga leaping back

Common meaning: what comes out of an action

‘again’ + ‘to leap, jump’ → result

Journey through time

  1. Latinsaliō, saluī, saltum‘to leap, jump’
  2. Old Frenchresultersource
  3. Englishresult‘what comes out of an action’ · today

re- also in: reactrebelrelaxrepelreply

sult also in: insultassaultresilient

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin saliō ‘to leap, jump’.

Did you know (Latin resultare meant…): our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry RESULT, p. 505 · dictionary scan

Did you know (Latin salire, "to…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry saliō, p. 1619 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

assaultdesultoryinsultresilient

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