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RebelEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From rebel.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗RebelEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Borrowed from German Rebel.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗rebelEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English rebel, rebell, from Old French rebelle, from Latin rebellis (“waging war again; insurgent”), from rebellō (“to wage war again, fight back”), from re- (“again, back”) + bellō (“to wage war”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗rebelEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English rebellen, from Old French rebeller, from Latin rebellō (“to wage war again, fight back”), from re- (“again, back”) + bellō (“to wage war”). Doublet of revel.
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