Violent
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Middle English (in the sense ‘having a marked or powerful effect’): via Old French from Latin violent- ‘vehement, violent’.
wiktionary
From Middle English violent, from Old French violent, from Latin violentus, from vīs(“strength”). For the verb, compare French violenter.
etymonline
violent (adj.)
mid-14c., from Old French violent or directly from Latin violentus, related to violare (see violation). In Middle English the word also was applied in reference to heat, sunlight, smoke, etc., with the sense "having some quality so strongly as to produce a powerful effect." Related: Violently.
