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Where does “revenir” come from?

revenir (French) comes from Middle French revenir, from Old French revenir, from Latin revenio, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

revenir (French): to come back, to return; to brown; to change an...

Definitions

  1. to come back, to return; to brown; to change an...

Ancestry of “revenir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchrevenirto come back, to return
2Old Frenchrevenirto come back, to return
3LatinrevenioI come back, return
4Latinrĕ-—
5Latinprōdūcō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “revenir”

  • revenant
  • revenu
  • revenant
  • revenue
  • revenuo
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