Where does “Venus” come from?

Venus (Cebuano) comes from English venus, from Middle English venus, from Latin venus, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.

Venus (Cebuano): the second planet in our solar system after Mercury

Definitions

  1. the second planet in our solar system after Mercury

Ancestry of “Venus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvenusAny of the bivalve molluscs in the genus "Venus"...
2Middle EnglishvenusThe reddish-brown metal; copper
3Latinvenussale, purchase
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- →Every word from Latin venus →Every word from Middle English venus →