Where does “vein” come from?

Vein comes from Middle English veyne, from Middle English wayn, from Latin vena, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ-, a root meaning to carry or convey.

vein (English): A blood vessel that transports blood from the...

Definitions

  1. A blood vessel that transports blood from the...

Ancestry of “vein”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishveyneAlternative form of veine; Alternative form of...
2Anglo-Normanveinevein
3Latinvēnaa vein, blood vessel

Words derived from “vein

Every word from Latin vēna