result

Where does the word "result" come from? It comes from Latin salire, passing through Latin before entering English (1400s).

Result’s story begins in Latin: salire meant “to jump, to leap.” To jump, to leap, combined with re- (back). Within Latin, it grew into resultare by ancient. To jump back, to rebound, from re- and salire. It reached English by 1400s as result. Settled as the English word for something that happens because of an action or cause. Today, result means a consequence or outcome of an action, situation, or process.

1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient salire "to jump, to leap", to jump, to leap, combined with re- (back).
2. Stage 2 · Latin · ancient resultare "to jump back, to rebound", to jump back, to rebound, from re- and salire.
3. Stage 3 · English · 1400s result "something that happens or follows from an action or cause", settled as the English word for something that happens because of an action or cause.