Etymology of the English word revenant
the English word
revenantderived from the French word
revenantderived from the Old French word
revenirusing the Old French prefix
re-derived from the Old French word
venirderived from the Latin word
venire (to come; go for sale, be sold , be disposed of for)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷā-Date
The earliest known usage of revenant in English dates from the 19th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
