Where does “venerate” come from?

venerate (Italian) comes from Italian venerato, from Italian venerare, from Latin veneror, from Latin venus, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.

venerate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “venerate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianveneratopast participle of venerare
2Italianvenerareto venerate, revere
3Latinvenerorto worship, adore, revere, venerate
4Latinvenussale, purchase
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- →Every word from Latin venus →Every word from Latin veneror →