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Where does “Venice” come from?

Venice comes from Middle English Venyse, from Old French Venise, from Medieval Latin Venetia, from Latin Veneti, the name of the Venetian people.

Ancestry of “Venice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishVenyse—
2Old FrenchVenise—
3Medieval LatinVenetiaVenice
4LatinVeneti—

Words derived from “Venice”

  • 威尼斯
  • ベニス
  • ヴェニス
  • 베니스
Every word from Latin Veneti →