Where does “venerable” come from?

Venerable comes from Middle French vénérable, from Latin venerabilis, derived from Latin veneror meaning to revere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁-.

venerable (English): Commanding respect because of age, dignity,...

Definitions

  1. Commanding respect because of age, dignity,...

Ancestry of “venerable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchvénérable—
2Latinvenerābilisvenerable, august
3Latin-bilis-ble
4Proto-Italic-ðlisForms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “venerable”

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