Definition, synonyms and related words
simple past tense and past participle of result
"The heavy rain resulted in several cars getting stuck on the flooded highway."
In plain English: Resulted means something happened because of a specific cause.
"The heavy rain resulted in traffic jams on the highway."
Resulted is the past tense of result, derived from the Latin resultere, meaning to bounce back or rebound. It entered English via Old French in the 15th century with the sense of following as an effect or consequence.