Where does “ravine” come from?
Ravine comes from French ravine, from French ravin with the suffix -er, from Latin -āre verbal suffix forms ultimately traceable to Latin roots meaning to seize or devour.
ravine (English): A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's...
Definitions
- A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's...
Ancestry of “ravine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ravin | ravine |
| 2 | Old French | raviner | to pillage, sweep down, cascade; rush, seize by... |
| 3 | Old French | ravine | robbery, rapine; violent rush of water,... |
| 4 | Latin | rapīna | robbery, plundering, pillage, rapine |
| 5 | Latin | -ina | nominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative... |
| 6 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |