Etymology

Revell

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Old French revel
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromrevel“rebellious”
  2. English todayRevell

English surname of Norman origin, from Old French revel (“rebellious”), reveler (“to revel”).

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchrevel all →

revel

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.