Revive
late Middle English: from Old French revivre or late Latin revivere, from Latin re- ‘back’ + vivere ‘live’.
wiktionary
From Middle English reviven, revyven, from Old French revivre and Latin revīvō, from re- + vīvō(“live”, verb).
etymonline
revive (v.)
early 15c., reviven, "regain consciousness; recover health," also transitive, "restore (someone) to health, revive (someone or something)," from Old French revivre (10c.) and directly from Latin revivere "to live again," from re- "again" (see re-) + vivere "to live" (from PIE root *gwei- "to live").
The meaning "bring back to use or notice" is from mid-15c.; as "put an old play on stage again after a lapse of time" by 1823. The intransitive sense of "return to a flourishing state" is by 1560s. Of feelings, activities, "begin to occur again" (intransitive), mid-15c. Related: Revived; reviving.
