Where does “revue” come from?
Revue comes from French revue, derived from French revoir (to see again), from French voir (to see), from Latin videre (to see), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weyd- (to see).
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Ancestry of “revue”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | revue | magazine, journal; troop inspection; revue |
| 2 | French | revoir | to see again; to re-examine |
| 3 | Latin | revidēre | — |
| 4 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 5 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |