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Where does “revision” come from?

Revision derives from Latin revisio, from revideo meaning to see again, combining the prefix re- with video, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root weyd- meaning to see.

revision (English): The process of revising; A changed edition, or...

Definitions

  1. The process of revising; A changed edition, or...

Ancestry of “revision”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishre-again, anew; a completive or intensification of...
2Middle Englishre-—
3Old Frenchre-re-
4Latinrĕ-—
5Latinprōdūcō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “revision”

  • revisionist
  • revisionism
  • revisionary
  • revisional
  • antirevisionist
  • nonrevisionist
  • prerevision
  • antirevisionism
  • crypto-revisionism
  • nonrevisionary
  • rebisyon
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