recurrir
/rekuˈriɾ/ · B2 · verb
to resort to
🆘 re- (again) + currir (run) = run back to something again for help
Recurrir comes from Latin recurrere: re- (back) + currere (to run). When in trouble, you run back to a go-to source, so you resort to it. Same root as English recurrent and recourse.