surge

surge
[15] Latin surgere meant literally ‘lead up from below’, hence ‘rise’ – it originated as a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘up from below’ and regere ‘rule’, hence ‘lead’ (source of English regiment, region, etc). English acquired it via Old Spanish surgir and Old French sourgir, by which time it had taken on watery associations, of waves heaving. Surgere also produced English resource [17], resurrection [13], and source. => INSURGENT, RECTOR, REGIMENT, REGION, RESOURCE, RESURRECTION, SOURCE

The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins. 2013.

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