Where does “revest” come from?

revest (English) comes from Middle French revestir, from Latin revestire, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

revest (English): To dress in ritual garments, especially to...

Definitions

To dress in ritual garments, especially to...

Ancestry of “revest”, step by step

revest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French revestir

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle French	revestir	to adorn; to decorate
2	Latin	revestire	to clothe again
3	Latin	rĕ-	back, backwards
4	Latin	prōdūcō	to lead or bring forth, forward or out
5	Latin	prō-	forward direction, forward movement
6	Proto-Italic	*pro-	pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
7	Proto-Indo-European	pro-	toward, forward
8	Proto-Indo-European	por-	to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9	Proto-Indo-European	per-	before, in front; first; to go through
10	Proto-Indo-European	pr̥tós	passed , crossed

via Anglo-Norman revestir

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Anglo-Norman	revestir	to adorn; to decorate

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin rĕ- →