revenir

Spanish

verb

Definitions

(intransitive) to return, revert
(pronominal) to shrink, reduce
(pronominal) to go bad, spoil, turn sour of food

Etymology

Prefix from Spanish, Castilian venir inherited from Latin revenīre.

Origin

Latin

revenīre

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

revenīre Latin
rivenire Italian
bienvenido Spanish, Castilian
sobrevenir Spanish, Castilian
venir Spanish, Castilian
vir Portuguese
revenir Old French
revenir Catalan, Valencian
rever Galician
*revẽir Old Portuguese
venir Old Spanish
bin Papiamentu
bini Papiamentu
ben Kabuverdianu