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- Latin · derived fromrevolvō“roll back, revolve”
- Late Latin · derived fromrevolūtiō“the act of revolving; revolution”
- Old French · derived fromrevolucion
- Middle English · inherited fromrevolucion
- English todayrevolution
Inherited from Middle English revolucion, borrowed from Old French revolucion, from Late Latin revolūtiō (“the act of revolving; revolution”), from Latin revolvō (“roll back, revolve”).
Words from the same roots
Latinrevolvō all →
revolt
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.