English word resign comes from Middle French resigner ((reflexive, se resigner à) to resign oneself to.)

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Detailed word origin of resign

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
resigner	Middle French (frm)	(reflexive, se resigner à) to resign oneself to.
resigner	Anglo-Norman (xno)
resign	English (eng)	(transitive) To give up or hand over (something to someone); to relinquish ownership of. [from 14th c.]. (transitive, or, intransitive) To quit (a job or position). [from 14th c.]. (transitive, or, intransitive) To submit passively; to give up as hopeless or inevitable. [from 15th c.].

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