Where does “rewanżować” come from?
rewanżować (Polish) comes from German revanchieren, from German Revanche, from French revanche, from French revancher, from Old French revenchier, from Old French vengier, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
rewanżować (Polish): to reciprocate
Definitions
- to reciprocate
Ancestry of “rewanżować”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | revanchieren | to repay, return the favor; to take revenge; to... |
| 2 | German | Revanche | revenge; revanche |
| 3 | French | revanche | revenge; vengeance; rematch |
| 4 | French | revancher | to take revenge |
| 5 | Old French | revenchier | — |
| 6 | Old French | vengier | to avenge, to take revenge |
| 7 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 8 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 9 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 10 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 11 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 12 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 13 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 15 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 16 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |