Where does “revenant” come from?
revenant (French) comes from French revenir, from Middle French revenir, from Old French revenir, from Latin revenio, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.
revenant (French): present participle of revenir; A supernatural...
Definitions
- present participle of revenir; A supernatural...
Ancestry of “revenant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | revenir | to come back, to return; to brown; to change an... |
| 2 | Middle French | revenir | to come back, to return |
| 3 | Old French | revenir | to come back, to return |
| 4 | Latin | revenio | I come back, return |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “revenant”