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Where does “venum” come from?

venum (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic wesnos, from Proto-Indo-European wes- — to dress, clothe.

Ancestry of “venum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicwesnos—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes- →