Where does “revere” come from?

Revere comes from French révérer, from Latin revereor, combining the prefix re- with Proto-Italic wre, derived from Proto-Indo-European wer-.

revere (English): to regard someone or something with great awe or...

Definitions

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	révérer	to revere
2	Middle French	reverer	to revere
3	Latin	revereri	present active infinitive of revereor
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