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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

  1. The hunting of wild animals; The arrangement of...

Ancestry of “venation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvēnātiō—
2Latin-tiō—
3Latindissertātiō—
4Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
5Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
7Latincalceusshoe
8Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
9Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “venation”

  • venational
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