resort English · revision 5773

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1374|origins=fro resortir}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /rɪˈzɔːt/, US /rɪˈzɔːrt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The noun is [[bor|fro|resort|t=resource, help, remedy]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|fro|resortir|t=to resort]], literally “to go out again”,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[m|fro|re-|t=again]] and [[m|fro|sortir|t=to go out]] (see [[sortie]]),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) whose origin is unknown.^(Hoad 1986) The verb was borrowed from Middle French resortir about 1400.^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Something one turns to for help or to reach an end: about 1374 in the OED, about 1385 in Barnhart, in Chaucer's ''Troilus and Criseyde''.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The verb first meant to come out again and to return or revert (about 1400);^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988) to turn to someone for help is from about 1410, and to go somewhere often from 1432.^(Barnhart 1988) The noun likewise came to mean a coming or going to a place or person, before 1420,^(Barnhart 1988) which led to a place people go to, especially for recreation, recorded by 1754 in Etymonline and Barnhart,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) while Word Origins dates it to the mid 16th century.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Cresswell 2021) ''In the last resort'' (1670s, 1672 in the OED) translates French en dernier ressort, said of a court from which there is no appeal.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1374 – a source of help.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1400 – the verb, to come out again, to return.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1432 – to go somewhere often.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1672 – ''in the last resort''.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1754 – a place visited for recreation.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A place people visit for [[holiday|alt=holidays]], rest or [[recreation]]: ''a ski resort''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The act of turning to something for help; something turned to: ''a last resort''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A habitual going to a [[place]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(resort to)'' To turn to something for help or as a means, often reluctantly: ''to resort to violence''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(formal)'' To go often or habitually to a place.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[resorter]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sortie]]

+ * [[sort]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The AHD groups resort with apply, go, refer and turn as verbs for falling back on someone or something in need; resort especially suggests a last, often unwelcome means.^(AHD)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}