Where does “veteran” come from?
Veteran comes from Middle French vétéran, from Latin veteranus meaning an old soldier, derived from Latin vetus meaning old, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wet-.
veteran (English): A person with long experience of a particular...
Definitions
- A person with long experience of a particular...
Ancestry of “veteran”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | vétéran | — |
| 2 | Latin | veterānus | — |
| 3 | Latin | vetus | old, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “veteran”