Where does “revolution” come from?
Revolution comes from Middle English revolucion, from Old French revolucion, from Late Latin revolutio, derived from the Latin verb root re- (again) combined with Latin -tio (noun suffix) and the verb stem from Proto-Indo-European wel- or wer- (to turn).
revolution (English): A political upheaval in a government or nation...
Definitions
- A political upheaval in a government or nation...
Ancestry of “revolution”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | revolucion | — |
| 2 | Old French | revolucion | passage; elapsing of time |
| 3 | Late Latin | revolutio | The act of revolving; revolution |
| 4 | Latin | revolvō | to roll back; unroll, unwind; revolve, return |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “revolution”
- revolutionary
- rev
- revolutionist
- counterrevolutionary
- postrevolutionary
- counterrevolution
- prerevolutionary
- revolutionise
- revolute
- revolutionism
- antirevolutionary
- nonrevolutionary
- unrevolutionary
- revolutionarily
- prerevolution
- prorevolutionary
- revolutionalise
- revolutionalize
- revolutional
- revolutioner
- ultrarevolutionary
- counterrevolutionist
- revolutionariness
- revolutionally