Where does “raviny” come from?
raviny (English) comes from English ravine, from French ravin, from Old French raviner, from Old French ravine, from Latin rapīna, from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos — adjectival suffix.
raviny (English): Full of ravines
Definitions
- Full of ravines
Ancestry of “raviny”, step by step
raviny traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ravine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ravine | A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's... |
| 2 | French | ravin | ravine |
| 3 | Old French | raviner | to pillage, sweep down, cascade; rush, seize by... |
| 4 | Old French | ravine | robbery, rapine; violent rush of water,... |
| 5 | Latin | rapīna | robbery, plundering, pillage, rapine |
| 6 | Latin | -ina | nominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative... |
| 7 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |