Resource
early 17th century: from obsolete French ressourse, feminine past participle (used as a noun) of Old French dialect resourdre ‘rise again, recover’ (based on Latin surgere ‘to rise’).
wiktionary
Borrowed from Middle French ressource, from Old French resourse, resource(“a source, spring”), from resourdre, from Latin resurgō(“to rise again, spring up anew”). See resourd, resurgent, source.
etymonline
resource (n.)
1610s, "any means of supplying a want or deficiency," from French resourse "a source, a spring," noun use of fem. past participle of Old French resourdre "to rally, raise again," from Latin resurgere "rise again" (see resurgent).
The meaning "possibility of aid or assistance" (often with a negative) is by 1690s; the meaning "expedient, device, shift" also is from 1690s. Resources as "a country's wealth, means of raising money and supplies" is recorded by 1779. A library resource center was so called by 1968.
resource (v.)
"supply with resources," 1975, from resource (n.). Related: Resourced; resourcing.
