Etymology of the English word revolt
the English word
revoltderived from the French word
revolterderived from the Italian word
rivoltareusing the Dialectal Italian prefix
ri-derived from the Latin prefix
re-derived from the Italian word
voltarederived from the Vulgar Latin root
*voltarederived from the Latin root
*volvitarederived from the Classical Latin word
volutare (roll, wallow, turn over in one's mind)
derived from the Classical Latin word
volvere (to roll; envelop, wrap up; unroll; roll along, forward; move sinuously; roll, cause to roll; travel in circle)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wel-derived from the Latin root
*revolvitarederived from the Latin word
revolvere (throw back, roll back)
using the Latin prefix
re-derived from the Classical Latin word
volvere (to roll; envelop, wrap up; unroll; roll along, forward; move sinuously; roll, cause to roll; travel in circle)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wel-derived from the French word
revoltderived from the Italian word
revoltarederived from the Latin word
revolvere (throw back, roll back)
using the Latin prefix
re-derived from the Classical Latin word
volvere (to roll; envelop, wrap up; unroll; roll along, forward; move sinuously; roll, cause to roll; travel in circle)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wel-Date
The earliest known usage of revolt in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
revolting,
revoltedCognates
Dutch
revolteren, French
révolter, German
revoltieren, Norwegian
revoltere, Swedish
revolteraUsage
Word found in Modern English
