insurgent
/ɪnˈsəːdʒ(ə)nt/ · adj
Meaning
- Rebellious, opposing authority.
- Of water: surging or rushing in.
- One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.
Etymology / origin
From Latin īnsurgentem, accusative singular of īnsurgēns, present active participle of īnsurgō (“to rise up against, revolt”), from in (“against”) + surgō (“to rise”), itself from sub (“up from below”) + regō (“to guide, direct, rule, govern, administer”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to move in a straight line, to rule, guide, lead straight, put right”).
- *h₃reǵ-(ine-pro)→
- īnsurgentem(la)→
- *h₃reǵ-(ine-pro)→
- insurgent (English)
- Relations: root, der, der
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