Where does “veto” come from?
veto (Finnish) comes from Latin veto, from Latin voto, from Proto-Italic wetā(je)-, from Proto-Indo-European weth₂- — to say.
veto (Finnish): pull; draught/draft of air; stroke of hand, oar...
Definitions
- pull; draught/draft of air; stroke of hand, oar...
Ancestry of “veto”, step by step
veto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin veto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | veto | I forbid, oppose, veto; I forbid it! I protest! |
| 2 | Latin | voto | dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | wetā(je)- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | weth₂- | to say |
via Old Swedish væþ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Swedish | væþ | — |
| 2 | Old Norse | veð | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wadją | wager, stake, pledge |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wedʰ- | to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to... |
Words derived from “veto”