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resilience
1620s, from L.
resiliens
, prp. of
resilire
"to rebound, recoil," from
re-
"back" +
salire
"to jump, leap" (see
salient
). Cf.
result
.
resilient
1640s, from L.
resilientem
, prp. of
resilire
(see
resilience
).
result (v.)
early 15c., 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 1620s, from the verb.