myEtymology.com: French etymology of revenger

Etymology of the French word revenger

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-

English revenge

Word found in Old French