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 这个词于“纠缠，磨损掉，解开”的荷兰语动词ravelen， 而这个词又是“一束松线”的名词ravel 衍生而的。