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resumo

Etymology and origin of the Latin word resumo

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Confidence
Established
Formation
Compound
First attested
Ovid
Ultimate origin
Latin (sūmō)

Pronunciation

  • IPA (Classical): [rɛˈsuː.moː][1]
  • IPA (Ecclesiastical): [reˈs̬uː.mo][1]

Forms

resūmō (present infinitive resūmere, perfect active resūmpsī, supine resūmptum); third conjugation[1]

Etymology

It is from re- and sūmō “to take up”.[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's earliest citations are from Ovid, of picking something up again and of recovering strength.[2] Köbler dates Ovid 43 BC–18 AD.[4]

Semantic evolution

It meant to pick up again something dropped, and to regain strength or a faculty, as in Ovid, and in Tacitus to take up a course of action again, resume.[2] Lewis & Short note that it is poetic and post-Augustan.[5]

Through Old French resumer it gave English resume about 1400, first “to take back possession”, and French résumé “summary” gave English résumé in 1804.[3]

Timeline

  • 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it.[2][4]
  • 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of resuming an action.[2][4]
  • c. 1400 – English resume is recorded.[3]

Meanings

Verb

  1. To take up again.[2]
  2. To recover, regain.[2]
  3. To begin again, resume.[2]

Word family

  • resumptio
  • resumptiuus
  • resumptorius

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
  4. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  5. ^ Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Cite this entry

“Resumo.” Etymologically, 16 Oct. 2026, etymologically.com/la/resumo. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

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