Where does “revolutionise” come from?
Revolutionise comes from English revolution plus the suffix -ize, tracing back through Latin -itia and -ia to -tio, with the prefix re- from Proto-Indo-European wel-.
revolutionise (English): To change radically or significantly, as in a...
Definitions
- To change radically or significantly, as in a...
Ancestry of “revolutionise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | revolution | A political upheaval in a government or nation... |
| 2 | Middle English | revolucion | — |
| 3 | Old French | revolucion | passage; elapsing of time |
| 4 | Late Latin | revolutio | The act of revolving; revolution |
| 5 | Latin | revolvō | to roll back; unroll, unwind; revolve, return |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |