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resilience
1626, from L.
resiliens,
prp. of
resilire
"to rebound, recoil," from
re-
"back" +
salire
"to jump, leap" (see
salient
). Cf.
result.
result (v.)
1432, from M.L.
resultare
"to result," in classical L. "to spring forward, rebound," frequentative of pp. of
resilire
"to rebound" (see
resilience
). The noun is 1626, from the verb.