Where does “revanchistisch” come from?
revanchistisch (Dutch) comes from English revanchist, from French revanchiste, from French revanche, from French revancher, from Old French revenchier, from Old French vengier, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex — asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
revanchistisch (Dutch): revanchist
Definitions
- revanchist
Ancestry of “revanchistisch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | revanchist | A revanchist person; occasionally, anyone seeking... |
| 2 | French | revanchiste | revanchist, vengeful |
| 3 | French | revanche | revenge; vengeance; rematch |
| 4 | French | revancher | to take revenge |
| 5 | Old French | revenchier | — |
| 6 | Old French | vengier | to avenge, to take revenge |
| 7 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 8 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 9 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 10 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 11 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 12 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 13 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |