Where does “vengeful” come from?

vengeful (English) comes from English venge, from Middle English vengen, from Old French venger, from Latin vindicāre.

vengeful (English): Vindictive or wanting vengeance

Definitions

  1. Vindictive or wanting vengeance

Ancestry of “vengeful”, step by step

vengeful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English venge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvengeTo avenge; to punish; to revenge
2Middle Englishvengento avenge
3Old FrenchvengerAlternative form of vengier
4Latinvindicāre—

via English ful

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishful—

Words derived from “vengeful”

Every word from Latin vindicāre →Every word from Old French venger →Every word from Middle English vengen →