C17: from Latin, from revīviscere come back to life, related to vīvere to live; see revive
reviviscence in American English
(ˌrevəˈvɪsəns)
noun
the act or state of being revived; revival; reanimation
Also: reviviscency
Derived forms
reviviscent
adjective
Word origin
[1620–30; ‹ L revīvisc(ere) to come to life again (re-re- + vīviscere, inchoative of vīvere to live) + -ence]This word is first recorded in the period 1620–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: clinic, contact, geometric, grommet, hotbed-ence is a suffix used to form nouns either from adjectives in -ent or from verbs. Other words that use the affix -ence include: acquiescence, coherence, diffluence, precedence, reference