Where does “avvelenare” come from?

avvelenare (Italian) comes from Italian veleno, from Latin venēnum, from Proto-Italic weneznom, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.

avvelenare (Italian): to poison

Definitions

  1. to poison

Ancestry of “avvelenare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvelenopoison
2Latinvenēnuma potion, juice
3Proto-Italicweneznomlust, desire
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love

Words derived from “avvelenare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic weneznom →Every word from Latin venēnum →