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Resume

2 stages from French to English.

Today it means a document summarizing a person's education, experience, and qualifications
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Stage 1 of 2
resumer
French · medieval
"to sum up"
to sum up, to summarize
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Stage 2 of 2
resume
English · 1800s
"a summarized document of one's qualifications and experience"
adopted as the noun for a summarized document of one's work history
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