Where does “revell” come from?
revell (Catalan) comes from Latin rebellis, from Latin rebellō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.
revell (Catalan): very old
Definitions
- very old
Ancestry of “revell”, step by step
revell traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin rebellis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | rebellis | That makes war anew, waging war again; insurgent,... |
| 2 | Latin | rebellō | to renew war, to wage war again |
| 3 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 4 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 5 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Catalan vell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | vell | old; fleece |
| 2 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |