myEtymology.com: French etymology of revolter

Etymology of the French word revolter

the French word revolter

derived from the Italian word rivoltare

using the Dialectal Italian prefix ri-

derived from the Latin prefix re-

derived from the Italian word voltare

derived from the Vulgar Latin root *voltare

derived from the Latin root *volvitare

derived 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 *revolvitare

derived 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-

Derivations in other languages

English revolt