Where does “ravalement” come from?
ravalement (French) comes from French ravaler, from French avaler, from French aval, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus — in.
ravalement (French): restoration
Definitions
- restoration
Ancestry of “ravalement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ravaler | to restore; to swallow again; to debase |
| 2 | French | avaler | to swallow; to believe; to support |
| 3 | French | aval | downstream area, lower reaches; approval,... |
| 4 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 5 | English | avie | emulously |
| 6 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 7 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 8 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 9 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |