resource

Meanings

Noun

• Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
• A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.

Verb

• To supply with resources.

Origin

• Borrowed from Middle French ressource, from Old French resourse, resource, from resourdre, from Latin resurgō ("to rise again, spring up anew"). Equivalent to re- + source. See resourd, resurgent, source.