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resurrection

/ˌɹezəˈekʃən/reh-zur-EK-shuhn
/ˌɹɛzɚˈɛkʃən/reh-zur-EK-shuhn

Meaninga rising again

Common meaning: rising again from the dead

‘again’ + ‘to rise’ → resurrection

Journey through time

  1. Latinsurgō, surrēctum‘to rise’
  2. Old Frenchresurrectionsource
  3. Middle Englishresurrectiounsource
  4. Englishresurrection‘rising again from the dead’ · today

re- also in: reactrebelrelaxrepelreply

surrect also in: surgeinsurgent

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 surgō ‘to rise’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry surgō, p. 1817 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

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