Where does “reveille” come from?
Reveille comes from French réveillez, the second-person plural imperative of French réveiller, formed with the prefix French re- and Latin re-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wer- meaning to turn or bend.
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Ancestry of “reveille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | réveillez | second-person plural present indicative of... |
| 2 | French | réveiller | To awaken; To wake up |
| 3 | Old French | resveillier | to wake up |
| 4 | Old French | re- | re- again; once more |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |