Revelation
Middle English (in the theological sense): from Old French, or from late Latin revelatio(n- ), from revelare ‘lay bare’ (see reveal1). Sense 1 dates from the mid 19th century.
wiktionary
From Middle English revelacioun, from Old French revelacion, from Latin revēlātiō(“disclosure”), from revēlō(“to disclose”), re(“again”) + vēlō(“to cover”).
etymonline
revelation (n.)
c. 1300, revelacioun, "disclosure of information or knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency," from Old French revelacion and directly from Latin revelationem (nominative revelatio), noun of action from past-participle stem of revelare "unveil, uncover, lay bare" (see reveal).
The general meaning "disclosure of facts to those previously unaware of them" is attested from late 14c.; meaning "striking disclosure" is from 1862. As the name of the last book of the New Testament (Revelation of St. John), it is attested from late 14c. (see apocalypse); as simply Revelations, it is recorded by 1690s.
