Please refer the following:
The
word Renaissance, literally meaning "Rebirth" in French,
first appeared in English in the 1830s. The
word also occurs in Jules Michelet's 1855 work, Histoire de France. The word Renaissance has
also been extended to other historical and cultural movements, such as
the Carolingian Renaissance and the Renaissance of the 12th century.
Origin
of Renaissance Expand
1830-40; < French, Middle French: rebirth, equivalent to renaiss- (stem of renaistre tobe born again < Latin renāscī; re- re- + nāscī to be born) + -ance -ance
Word Origin and History
for Renaissance Expand
n. "great period of
revival of classical based art and learning in Europe that began in the fourteenth
century," 1840, from French renaissance des lettres, from Old French renaissance,
literally "rebirth," usually in a spiritual sense, from renastre
"grow anew"(of plants), "be reborn" (Modern French
renaître), from Vulgar Latin *renascere, from Latin renasci "be born
again, rise again, reappear, be renewed," from re- "again"
(seere- ) + nasci "be born" (Old Latin gnasci ; see genus ).
Online
Etymology Dictionary
"great period of revival of classical-based art
and learning in Europe that began in the fourteenth century," 1840, from
French renaissance des lettres, from Old
French renaissance, literally
"rebirth," usually in a spiritual sense, from renastre "grow anew" (of plants),
"be reborn" (Modern French renaître),
from Vulgar Latin *renascere, from
Latin renasci "be born again,
rise again, reappear, be renewed," from re- "again"
(see re-)
+ nasci "be born" (Old
Latin gnasci, from PIE root *gene- "give
birth, beget").
An earlier term for it was revival of learning (1785). In general usage, with a lower-case r-, "a revival" of anything that has long been in decay or disuse (especially of learning, literature, art), it is attested from 1872. Renaissance man is first recorded 1906.
An earlier term for it was revival of learning (1785). In general usage, with a lower-case r-, "a revival" of anything that has long been in decay or disuse (especially of learning, literature, art), it is attested from 1872. Renaissance man is first recorded 1906.
