Translation
revolution
Word origin
An international borrowing from Latin revolutio ('a turning back'), from revolvere ('to roll back, turn over'). The word travelled from astronomy, where a planet completes a revolution, into politics, where a people turns the state over.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- revolvere
- English cognates
- revolution, revolve
Examples
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The revolution changed the whole country.
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The people began a revolution against the king.
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We learnt about the revolution at school.
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