violence
French
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) violenceviolence
- (countable) act of violence
Etymology
Inherited from Old French violence derived from Latin violentia.
Origin
Latin
violentia
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiviolence English
- counterviolence English
- cyberviolence English
- hyperviolence English
- narcoviolence English
- nonviolence English
- powerviolence English
- proviolence English
- self-violence English
- ultraviolence English
- violence English
- violence-ridden English
- violentia Latin
- violentia, violentĭa Latin
- violenza Italian
- antiviolencia Spanish, Castilian
- violencia Spanish, Castilian
- violência Portuguese
- violence Middle English
- violence Old French
- violència Catalan, Valencian
- violento Ido
- violéncia Occitan
- vyolans Haitian, Haitian Creole
- viulënza Ladin