Etymology

reversion

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Today it means: The act or process of reverting something. Full definition →

Old French reversion ← Latin reversio
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  1. Latin · derived fromreversio
  2. Old French · derived fromreversion
  3. English todayreversion

Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French reversion (modern réversion), from Latin reversio, from revertō. By surface analysis, revert + -sion.

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