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Where does “revaluation” come from?

Revaluation comes from Middle French revaluation, derived from Middle French revaluer, which combines the Latin prefix re- with Latin valere, meaning to be strong or worthy, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wer-.

revaluation (English): The process of altering the relative value of a...

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  1. The process of altering the relative value of a...

Ancestry of “revaluation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishre-again, anew; a completive or intensification of...
2Middle Englishre-—
3Old Frenchre-re-
4Latinrĕ-—
5Latinprōdūcō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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