Words that come from Latin “vetus”

178 words across 40 languages descend from Latin vetus — including veteran, inveterate, inveterately, nonveteran, inveterateness, veteranize, vetust, inveteratus.

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Latin (30)

Italian (27)

Spanish (12)

English (11)

French (10)

Aromanian (9)

Romanian (8)

Ligurian (7)

Portuguese (7)

Galician (4)

Catalan (4)

Friulian (4)

Dutch (3)

Norman (3)

Finnish (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Middle French (2)

Neapolitan (2)

Cebuano (2)

Hungarian (2)

Old French (2)

Old Portuguese (2)

Vulgar Latin (2)

Danish (1)

Swedish (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Asturian (1)

Venetian (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Mirandese (1)

Japanese (1)

Istriot (1)

German (1)

Occitan (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Romansch (1)

Papiamentu (1)

Late Latin (1)