Where does “revenue” come from?
revenue (English) comes from Middle French revenue, from Old French revenir, from Latin revenio, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.
revenue (English): The income returned by an investment; The total...
Definitions
- The income returned by an investment; The total...
Ancestry of “revenue”, step by step
revenue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French revenue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | revenue | — |
| 2 | Old French | revenir | to come back, to return |
| 3 | Latin | revenio | I come back, return |
| 4 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 5 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |