Where does “venation” come from?
Venation comes from English -ation, Latin -atio and -tio, and Proto-Indo-European -ti- and -tis suffixes combined with the Proto-Indo-European root weǵʰ- or weyh₁-.
venation (English): The hunting of wild animals; The arrangement of...
Definitions
- The hunting of wild animals; The arrangement of...
Ancestry of “venation”, step by step
venation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin vēnātiō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | vēnātiō | hunting, the chase, venery |
| 2 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 3 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 4 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 5 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Latin vēna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | vēna | a vein, blood vessel |