Ravel comes from the obsolete Dutch verb ravelen, “to tangle, fray out, unweave,” which comes in turn from the noun ravel, “a loose thread.

Ravel 这个词来源于意为“纠缠，，解开”的荷兰语词ravelen， 这个词又是从意为“一束松线”的名词ravel 衍生来的。