I agree, Piers, except that I have it as derived from the (obsolete) French
resilir or the Latin resilire meant "to recoil".
Chris
On 15 Mar 2013, at 15:16, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> "To resile" is indeed a verb, intransitive, and in that sense I would have
> to say that "to be resilient" derives from the verb, rather than vice versa
> as you suggest.
> http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/resile concurs
> with your view that it is not (directly) from Classical Latin (you'll note I
> have offered the American English entry - the British English is identical),
> and also with your etymology.
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