Ravine
late 18th century: from French, ‘violent rush (of water)’ (see ravin).
wiktionary
Borrowed from French ravin(“a gully”), from Old French raviner(“to pillage, sweep down, cascade”), from ravine(“robbery, rapine; violent rush of water, waterfall, avalanche; impetuosity, spirit”), from Latin rapīna (cf. rapine).
From Middle English ravene, ravine, from Old French raviner(“rush, seize by force”), itself from ravine(“rapine”), from Latin rapīna(“plundering, loot”), itself from rapere(“seize, plunder, abduct”).
etymonline
ravine (n.)
1760, "long deep gorge worn by a stream or torrent of water," from French ravin "a gully" (1680s, from Old French raviner "to pillage; to sweep down, cascade"), and from French ravine "violent rush of water, gully worn by a torrent" (from Old French ravine "violent rush of water, waterfall; avalanche; robbery, rapine"). The French noun and verb both are ultimately from Latin rapina "act of robbery, plundering" (see rapine) with sense influenced by Latin rapidus "rapid."
Ravine appears in an English dictionary 1610s as "a raging flood." Middle English ravin, ravine meant "booty, plunder, robbery" from c. 1350-1500, an earlier borrowing of the French word. Compare raven (v.), ravening.
