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
- The process of revising; A changed edition, or...
Ancestry of “revision”, step by step
revision traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French révision
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | révision | revision |
| 2 | Latin | revisio | a seeing again |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |