reverence

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wer-“to cover, heed, notice”
2. Latin · derived fromrevereor“to stand in awe, respect, revere”
3. Latin · derived fromreverentia
4. Old French · derived fromreverence
5. Middle English · inherited fromreverence
6. English todayreverence

From Middle English reverence (noun) and reverencen (verb), from Old French reverence and Latin reverentia, from Latin revereor (“to stand in awe, respect, revere”), from re- + vereor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, heed, notice”).

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