Where does “avengement” come from?
avengement (English) comes from English avenge, from Middle English avengen, from Old French avengier, from Old French vengier, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
avengement (English): The inflicting of retributive punishment;...
Definitions
- The inflicting of retributive punishment;...
Ancestry of “avengement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | avenge | To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer |
| 2 | Middle English | avengen | — |
| 3 | Old French | avengier | to avenge |
| 4 | Old French | vengier | to avenge, to take revenge |
| 5 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 6 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |