reverie

reverie · noun, verb¹

1. French · borrowed fromrêverie
2. French · borrowed fromrêverie
3. English todayreverie

Borrowed from French rêverie.

reverie · noun²

1. Old French · derived fromresverie
2. Middle French · derived fromreverie“revelry, drunkenness”
3. English todayreverie

From Middle French reverie (“revelry, drunkenness”), from Old French resverie, from resver (“to dream, to rave”), of uncertain origin. Compare rave.

First known use, by meaning

• from 1657 A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream.
• mid 14th Century A caper, a frolic; merriment.