Etymograph

English

reverency

Reverency comes from Latin reverentia ‘timidity, shyness’, and goes back to reverēns ‘respectful, reverent’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreverēns1‘respectful, reverent’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreverentia2‘timidity, shyness’
  3. Englishtodayreverency2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin reverentia
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English reverency

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreverēnsWiktionary, Latin reverentia‘respectful, reverent’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreverentiaWiktionary, English reverency‘timidity, shyness’
  3. EnglishtodayreverencyWiktionary, English reverency

Linked words

through Latin reverēns ‘respectful, reverent’

irreverent, irreverence, 3 more

Today it means

noun Reverence.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “reverency”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin reverentia. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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