- review (n.)
- mid-15c., from Middle French reveue "a reviewing, review," prop. fem. past participle of reveeir "to see again, go to see again," from Latin revidere, from re- "again" (see re-) + videre "to see" (see vision). The verb is recorded from 1570s. Meaning "general account or criticism of a recent literary work" is first attested 1640s.