myEtymology.com: English etymology of revengeful

Etymology of the English word revengeful

the English word revengeful

derived from the English word revenge

derived from the Old French word revenger

derived from the Late Latin word revindicare

derived from the Late Latin word vindicare (claim, vindicate; punish)

derived from the Latin word vindex (defender, protector)

derived from the Latin word dicere (to say, to speak; name, call; appoint; say, declare, state; talk, speak; make speech)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deik- (to show, to pronounce solemnly; to throw)

using the Latin prefix re-

derived from the Old French word revengier

derived from the Old French word vengier

derived from the Late Latin word vindicare (claim, vindicate; punish)

derived from the Latin word vindex (defender, protector)

derived from the Latin word dicere (to say, to speak; name, call; appoint; say, declare, state; talk, speak; make speech)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deik- (to show, to pronounce solemnly; to throw)

using the English suffix -ful