Where does “reviewer” come from?
Reviewer comes from English review, derived from Old French -er and Latin -are, ultimately from Latin videre meaning to see.
reviewer (English): A person who writes reviews for a newspaper or...
Definitions
- A person who writes reviews for a newspaper or...
Ancestry of “reviewer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | review | A second or subsequent reading of a text or... |
| 2 | Middle English | revewe | An examination of an army |
| 3 | Old French | reveue | — |
| 4 | Old French | reveu | — |
| 5 | Old French | reveoir | to see again, especially a person; to meet again |
| 6 | Old French | re- | re- again; once more |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |