Where does “revengeful” come from?
Revengeful comes from Middle English -ful and Old English -ful, from Proto-Germanic -fullaz and fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós and pleh₁-, meaning full.
revengeful (English): Vengeful, vindictive
Definitions
- Vengeful, vindictive
Ancestry of “revengeful”, step by step
revengeful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English revenge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | revenge | Any form of personal retaliatory action against... |
| 2 | Middle French | revenge | — |
| 3 | Old French | revengier | — |
via English ful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ful | — |