venom
English
/ˈvɛnəm/
noun
Definitions
- A poison carried by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging.
- (figuratively) Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice; vitriol.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English venum derived from venum derived from Old French venim derived from Latin *venīmen, venēnum (poison, originally love potion, potion) derived from Proto-Italic *weneznom (lust, desire) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (love, wish, desire, strive, win, strive for, seek, wish for, succeed, pursue).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wenh₁-
Gloss
love, wish, desire, strive, win, strive for, seek, wish for, succeed, pursue
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
欲
Emoji
❤️ 🏩 👨❤️👨 👩❤️👨 👩❤️👩 👰♀️ 💋 💌 💑 💒 💓 💕 💖 💗 💘 💝 😍 😘 😚 😻 🤟 🤰 🤱 🫂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Venus English
- antivenom English
- antivenomics English
- antivenomous English
- envenom English
- envenomation English
- envenomer English
- envenomest English
- envenometh English
- envenoming English
- invenom English
- non-venomous English
- nonvenomous English
- outvenom English
- salivary English
- unvenomed English
- unvenomous English
- venomed English
- venomer English
- venomics English
- venomization English
- venomless English
- venomlike English
- venomoid English
- venomosalivary English
- venomosity English
- venomous English
- venomously English
- venomousness English
- venomsome English
- wont English
- *invenenātus Latin
- *venīmen Latin
- *venīnu(m) Latin
- *venīnum Latin
- Venerivagus Latin
- Venus Latin
- capillus Veneris Latin
- conchula Latin
- veneficus Latin
- venenifer Latin
- veneno Latin
- venenosus Latin
- venenum Latin
- venereus Latin
- veneror Latin
- venia Latin
- venēnum Latin
- venēnōsus Latin
- vinnulus Latin
- vēnārī Latin
- vēnātiōnem Latin
- Venus German
- Venere Italian
- veleno Italian
- Vénus French
- anavenin French
- venimeux French
- venin French
- vénérien French
- veneno Spanish, Castilian
- venenoso Spanish, Castilian
- *wenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁-es-no- Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁is Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁ostos Proto-Indo-European
- *weyh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wénh₁-os Proto-Indo-European
- *wénh₁-os-teh₂ts Proto-Indo-European
- *wénh₁osteh₂ts Proto-Indo-European
- veneno Portuguese
- venenoso Portuguese
- *Balþawiniz Proto-Germanic
- *wanjaną Proto-Germanic
- *winiz Proto-Germanic
- *winjō Proto-Germanic
- *winnaną Proto-Germanic
- *wunaną, *wunēną, *wunajaną Proto-Germanic
- *wundrą Proto-Germanic
- *wundrōną Proto-Germanic
- *wunjō Proto-Germanic
- *wunskijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wunskō Proto-Germanic
- *wunô Proto-Germanic
- *wunāną Proto-Germanic
- *wēniz Proto-Germanic
- वनति Sanskrit
- वन् Sanskrit
- Venus Middle English
- envenimen Middle English
- venemous Middle English
- venum Middle English
- venus Middle English
- venyme Middle English
- venim Old French
- venimeux Old French
- venin Old French
- kontraŭvenena Esperanto
- kontraŭveneno Esperanto
- veneni Esperanto
- veneno Esperanto
- Venus Icelandic
- veleno Galician
- venin Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- veninos Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- benomos Cebuano
- gwenwyn Welsh
- veneno Ido
- venin Middle French
- *wunnjusam gmw-pro
- ונוס Hebrew (modern)
- *weniyā Proto-Celtic
- *wēnos Proto-Celtic
- virin Aromanian
- 베누스 Korean
- *wenesnom Proto-Italic
- *weneznom Proto-Italic
- *wenos Proto-Italic
- venenu Asturian
- velen Friulian
- vełen Venetian
- *𑀯𑀡𑀤𑀺 Sauraseni Prakrit
- venim xno
- venum xno
- *un- Proto-Albanian
- invelenuot Dalmatian
- vanen Istriot
- velen Piedmontese
- wont
- Venus
- venomer
- envenom
- invenom
- venomed
- venomics
- salivary
- outvenom
- venomous
- venomoid
- antivenom
- venomless
- unvenomed
- venomsome
- venomlike
- envenomer
- envenometh
- venomosity
- envenomest
- envenoming
- unvenomous
- venomously
- nonvenomous
- venomization
- envenomation
- antivenomics
- antivenomous
- non-venomous
- venomousness
- venomosalivary