English
revel
Revel comes from Old French revel, from Latin rebello ‘to rebel’, and ultimately from Old Latin duellum.
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEduellum
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbellum‘war’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEbellō‘to wage war’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErebello‘to rebel’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400revel
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500revelen‘to revel’
- Englishearliest quotation 1610–1611revel
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEduellum
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbellum‘war’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEbellō‘to wage war’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErebello‘to rebel’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400revel
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500revelen‘to revel’
- Englishearliest quotation 1610–1611revel
Earliest quotation: 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest: “Our revels now are ended.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to fit’
down, town, tool, teen, dynamic, dynasty, tow, dun, dynamo, dynastic, tine, taw, 91 more
through Proto-Italic *dwenos ‘good’
bona, benefice, beaucoup, beauteous, 34 more
through Archaic Latin duenos
ben, bonus, beneficial, optimal, bonnie, optimism, boon, beneficiary, bene, bonny, bonbon, 34 more
through Old Latin *duenelos
beautiful, beauty, boo, beau, beal, bello, bauble, 16 more
through Old Latin duellum
through Latin bellum ‘war’
through Latin bellō ‘to wage war’
through Latin rebello ‘to rebel’
through Middle English revelen ‘to revel’
Another origin of revel
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvellere‘to pluck, pull’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErevellere
- Englishtodayrevel
Today it means
noun An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Latin duellum / revel