revenue

The story

1. Latin · derived fromrevenire“to return, come back”
2. Old French · derived from[Term?]“a return”
3. Middle French · derived fromrevenue
4. English todayrevenue

Recorded in English from 1433, "income from property or possessions", from Middle French revenue, from Old French [Term?] (“a return”) (modern French revenu), the prop. feminine past participle of revenir (“come back”) (=modern French), from Latin revenire (“to return, come back”), from re- (“back”) + venire (“to come”).