Etymology of the English word vengeance
the English word
vengeancederived from the Old French word
vengeancederived from the Old French word
vengerderived 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)
Date
The earliest known usage of vengeance in English dates from the 13th century.
