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Etymology and origin of the Latin word revisio

Confidence
Established
Formation
Derivation
First attested
1st half of the 5th century AD, Claudianus Mamertus
Ultimate origin
Latin revideō
Etymology tree
inherited borrowed derived
Latin revideo
Italian rivedere
Latin revisio
Italian revisione
From the same root
Italian arrivederci ← rivedere

Pronunciation

  • Classical: [rɛˈwiː.si.oː][1]
  • Ecclesiastical: [reˈviː.s̬i.o][1]

Forms

revīsiō f (genitive revīsiōnis); third declension[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin revideō (“to see again, revisit”) + -tiō.[1][2][3] The verb is formed from re- (“again”) and videō (“to see”).[1][4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its only ancient source is a letter of Claudianus Mamertus to Sidonius Apollinaris, kept among Sidonius' letters.[2][3][5] Lewis & Short and Georges take it there as “a seeing again”, Gaffiot and Conte as “revision”.[2][3][6][7]

Semantic evolution

Stelten gives the Ecclesiastical senses examination, review and revision.[8] In legal Latin it was the re-examination of a case already judged, French révision,[9] and a French ordinance of 1419 uses it for a review of troops.[9] English revision came from it through French révision;[4] Italian revisione also continues it.[7]

Timeline

  • 1st half of the 5th century AD – Claudianus Mamertus uses it in a letter to Sidonius.[2][5]
  • 1419 – A French ordinance uses it of a review of troops.[9]
  • 1610s – English borrows revision through French.[4]

Meanings

Noun

  1. (Late Latin) A seeing again; a revision.[2][3][6][7]
  2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) Examination, review.[8]
  3. (Medieval Latin, law) The re-examination of a judgment.[9]
  4. (Medieval Latin) A muster of troops.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  3. ^ a b c d Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
  4. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
  5. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  6. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
  7. ^ a b c Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
  8. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
  9. ^ a b c d e du Cange, Charles du Fresne, et al. (1883–1887), Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, augmented ed. by Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre

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Cite this entry

“Revisio.” Etymologically, 24 Oct. 2026, etymologically.com/la/revisio. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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