| 1 | English | violent | Involving extreme force or motion; Involving... |
| 2 | Middle English | violent | Violent, forcible, injury-causing; Potent,... |
| 3 | Old French | violent | violent |
| 4 | Latin | violentus | forcible, violent, vehement; impetuous;... |
| 5 | Latin | -entus | adjective-forming suffix meaning abounding in,... |
| 6 | Latin | cruentus | bloody in its various senses, "particularly:" |
| 7 | Latin | cruor | blood, gore; murder, bloodshed |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | krewh₂- | blood outside the body |