Etymology

revere

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Today it means: To regard someone or something with great awe or devotion. Full definition →

French révérer ← Latin revereor
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromrevereor
  2. French · borrowed fromrévérer
  3. English todayrevere

Borrowed from French révérer, ultimately from Latin revereor, from re- + vereor (“to fear”).

Words from the same roots

Latinrevereor all →

reverence

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.