resiliency

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Proto-Indo-European *sel-

Proto-Indo-European *-yétor

Proto-Indo-European *sl̥yétor

Proto-Italic *saljō??

Latin saliō

Latin resiliō

English -ency

English resiliency

From Latin resiliō (“to spring back”) + English -ency.

Noun

resiliency (countable and uncountable, plural resiliencies)

1. Synonym of resilience.