Etymology

revisionary

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Today it means: Having the character of a revision. Full definition →

English revision ← Middle English visioun ← Anglo-Norman visioun
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*widtós
  8. Proto-Italic*wissos
  9. Latinvīsus
  10. Latinvīsiō
  11. Anglo-Normanvisioun
  12. Middle Englishvisioun
  13. Englishvision
  14. Englishrevision
  15. English todayrevisionary

From revision + -ary.

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