revenir etymology

French word revenir comes from Latin venio ((intransitive) I approach. (intransitive) I come.)

Detailed word origin of revenir

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
venio Latin (lat) (intransitive) I approach. (intransitive) I come.
revenio Latin (lat) I come back, return.
revenir Old French (fro) To come back, to return.
revenir Middle French (frm) To come back, to return.
revenir French (fra) (cooking, preceded by faire) to brown. To come back, to return.

Words with the same origin as revenir

Descendants of venio
adventice avenant avenir aventure avenue avènement convenant convention couvent devenir intervenir inventer inventif invention parvenu provenance prévenir prévention revenu souvenir venir éventuel éventuellement événement