myEtymology.com: French etymology of revanche

Etymology of the French word revanche

the French word revanche

derived from the Old French word revancher

using the Old French prefix re-

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)

English revanchism, English revanche, Italian revanche, Portuguese revanche, Romanian revanşă, Spanish revancha

Dutch revanche, English revenge, German Revanche, Norwegian revansj, Swedish revansch