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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

  1. restoration

Ancestry of “ravalement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchravalerto restore; to swallow again; to debase
2Frenchavalerto swallow; to believe; to support
3Frenchavaldownstream area, lower reaches; approval,...
4Frenchàto; on the, to; at
5Englishavieemulously
6Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
7Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
8Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
9LatininvideoI look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil...
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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