revive

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʷeyh₃-“to live”
2. Latin · derived fromrevīvere
3. Old French · derived fromrevivre“to return to life after death; to rejuvenate, renew”
4. Middle French · derived fromrevivre
5. Anglo-Norman · derived fromreviver
6. Middle English · inherited fromreviven
7. English todayrevive

The verb is derived from Late Middle English reviven, revyven (“to recover from illness; to regain consciousness; to return to life after death; to happen again, recur; to be rejuvenated, renewed; (figurative) to bring back; (alchemy) of a metal: to be restored to its original form”), from Anglo-Norman reviver, revivre (“to return to life after death; to rejuvenate, renew; to make (a law or legal document) valid again”), Middle French revivre, and Old French revivre (“to return to life after death; to rejuvenate, renew”) (modern French revivre), and directly from their etymon Latin revīvere, the present active infinitive of revīvō (“to live again”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + vīvō (“to be alive, survive; to live”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”)). The noun is derived from the verb.

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