Where does “revelment” come from?
revelment (English) comes from English revel, from Middle English revelen, from Middle French révéler, from Old French reveler, from Latin revelare, from Latin velare, from Latin velo, from Latin -o.
revelment (English): Joyful merry-making
Definitions
- Joyful merry-making
Ancestry of “revelment”, step by step
revelment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English revel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | revel | An instance of merrymaking; a celebration; A kind... |
| 2 | Middle English | revelen | To revel; to merry-make or entertain oneself; To... |
| 3 | Middle French | révéler | — |
| 4 | Old French | reveler | to revel; to be disorderly, to make merry; to... |
| 5 | Latin | revelare | present active infinitive of revēlō;... |
| 6 | Latin | velare | present active infinitive of vēlō; second-person... |
| 7 | Latin | velo | I cover, wrap, veil; I conceal, cover |
| 8 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |