Where does “revenir” come from?

revenir (Old French) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

revenir (Old French): to come back, to return

Definitions

  1. to come back, to return

Ancestry of “revenir”, step by step

revenir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin revenio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinrevenioI come back, return
2Latinrĕ-back, backwards
3Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
4Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
5Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Latin revenīre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrevenīre—

Words derived from “revenir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin rĕ- →