English
review
Review comes from Middle English revewe, from Old French reveue, participle of reveoir, from Latin revideō, from videō ‘to see’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*widéh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*widēō‘to see’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvideō‘to see’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErevideō‘to see again’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400reveoir
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400reveu
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400reveue
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500revewe‘an examination of an army’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1610–1611review
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*widéh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*widēō‘to see’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvideō‘to see’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErevideō‘to see again’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400reveoir
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400reveu
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400reveue
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500revewe‘an examination of an army’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1610–1611review
Earliest quotation: c. 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, The Winters Tale: “Cam[illo] What I do next, ſhall be next to…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
story, guy, idea, guide, advice, witness, wise, historic, wisdom, wit, idol, wizard, historian, advise, witty, guise, steroid, tabloid, visitation, envious, druid, envision, improvise, twit, hypothyroidism, avis, revue, idyll, witter, hyperthyroidism, parathyroid, trapezoid, hyoid, colloid, weet, sigmoid, thyroxine, thyroiditis, visite, 91 more
through Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti
through Proto-Italic *widēō ‘to see’
provision, providence, prudential, invisibility, provident, vada, evidential, 14 more
through Latin videō ‘see, observe’
video, provide, visit, evidence, vision, interview, invisible, visa, visibility, evident, vista, prudent, jurisprudence, prudence, revise, voyeur, vide, purveyor, proviso, purview, invidious, 16 more
through Latin revideō ‘to revisit somewhere’
Today it means
noun A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyd- / review