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Where does “minirevolt” come from?

minirevolt (English) comes from English revolt, from French révolter, from Italian rivoltare, from Latin revolvō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

minirevolt (English): A small or minor revolt

Definitions

  1. A small or minor revolt

Ancestry of “minirevolt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrevoltTo rebel, particularly against authority; To...
2Frenchrévolterto revolt, appal, disgust; to revolt, rebel
3Italianrivoltareto turn or turn over again; to turn inside out;...
4Latinrevolvō—
5Latinrĕ-—
6Latinprōdūcō—
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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