Where does “revista” come from?
revista (Papiamentu) comes from Italian rivista, from Portuguese revista, from Portuguese revistar, from Latin revisitare, from Latin vīsitō, from Latin -ito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
revista (Papiamentu): magazine
Definitions
- magazine
Ancestry of “revista”, step by step
revista traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian rivista
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | rivista | magazine; review, muster or; feminine singular... |
| 2 | Portuguese | revista | magazine; search; review, inspection |
| 3 | Portuguese | revistar | search, seek |
| 4 | Latin | revisitare | — |
| 5 | Latin | vīsitō | to see |
| 6 | Latin | -ito | Forms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or... |
| 7 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Spanish revista
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | revista | magazine |
| 2 | Spanish | re- | again; backwards; opposition |
| 3 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 4 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 5 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |