vengeance

Looking for learning resources? Study with our courses! Get a full English course →

English word vengeance comes from Latin vindicare, and later Old French vengier (To avenge, to take revenge (upon).)

vengier (Old French)

To avenge, to take revenge (upon).

venjance (Old French)

Revenge; vengeance.

vengeaunce (Anglo-Norman)

vengeance (English)

Desire for revenge.. Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong.

Further details about this page