## Etymology
From revenge + -ful, from Old French revengier, from re- (intensive) + vengier ('to take revenge'), from Latin vindicare ('to claim, avenge'), from vindex ('claimant, avenger').

## AI Etymology
Revengeful comes from revenge + -ful, from Old French revengier, from re- (intensive) + vengier ('to take revenge'), from Latin vindicare ('to claim, avenge'), from vindex ('claimant, avenger'). The historical chain includes Old French revengier and Latin vindicare. Older glosses in the chain include "to take revenge", "to claim, avenge", and "claimant, avenger", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, revengeful is best read as compound, suffixal formation, and borrowing, yielding an English adjective shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as an adjective, with the sense "eager to take revenge; vindictive". English derivatives include revengefully and revengefulness; related forms include revenge, avenge, vengeance, and vindicate. The result is an English adjective whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

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