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Where does “r'vénîn” come from?

r'vénîn (Norman) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

r'vénîn (Norman): to come back, return

Definitions

  1. to come back, return

Ancestry of “r'vénîn”, step by step

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