Etymology of the English word rescue
the English word
rescuederived from the English word
rescowenderived from the Old French word
rescourreusing the Old French prefix
re-derived from the Old French word
escourrederived from the Latin word
escutereusing the Latin prefix
ex-derived from the Late Latin word
ex (out)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*eghsderived from the Latin word
quatere (shake)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kwet-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kwēt-Date
The earliest known usage of rescue in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
pararescue,
rescued,
rescuingUsage
Word found in Modern English
