Violence
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Middle English: via Old French from Latin violentia, from violent- ‘vehement, violent’ (see violent).
wiktionary
From Middle English violence, from Old French violence, from Latin violentia, from adjective violentus, see violent.
etymonline
violence (n.)
late 13c., "physical force used to inflict injury or damage," from Anglo-French and Old French violence (13c.), from Latin violentia "vehemence, impetuosity," from violentus "vehement, forcible," probably related to violare (see violation). Weakened sense of "improper treatment" is attested from 1590s.