Etymograph

English

revise

Revise comes from Latin revīsō ‘to revisit’, from vīsō ‘examine’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*widéh₁yetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*widēō‘to see’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvideō‘see’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīsō‘examine’frequentative of videō
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErevīsō‘to revisit’
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600réviser
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1837revise

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*widéh₁yetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*widēō‘to see’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvideō‘see’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīsō‘examine’frequentative of videō
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErevīsō‘to revisit’
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600réviser
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1837revise

Earliest quotation: 1837, Anthony Panizzi: “The question is, not whether the revises of the…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’

story, guy, idea, guide, advice, witness, historic, wisdom, wit, idol, wizard, wise, historian, witty, advise, steroid, tabloid, envious, visitation, druid, guise, envision, twit, hypothyroidism, revue, improvise, idyll, witter, parathyroid, trapezoid, hyoid, hyperthyroidism, colloid, weet, sigmoid, thyroxine, thyroiditis, visite, 92 more

through Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti

providential, 13 more

through Proto-Italic *widēō ‘to see’

provision, providence, prudential, jurisprudence, invisibility, provident, vada, evidential, 15 more

through Latin videō ‘see’

video, provide, evidence, interview, review, vision, invisible, evident, visa, visibility, prudent, vista, prudence, voyeur, purview, vide, purveyor, proviso, invidious, 18 more

through Latin vīsō ‘examine’

visit, avis, 4 more

Today it means

verb To review, alter and amend, especially of written material.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyd- / revise

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