venym
Middle English
/ˈvɛnəm/
noun
Definitions
- A toxin, poison or venom that originates from an animal.
- Any poison; a substance designed to be noxious or harmful or used in that manner.
- (medical) An infection or disease; a malignant presence in the body.
- (figurative) Sinful, harmful, or evil acts or speech; maliciousness.
- An erosion or wearing away at.
- (rare) A potion or liquid used for dyeing.
Etymology
Borrowed from venim derived from Latin *venīmen, venēnum (poison, originally love potion, potion) derived from Proto-Italic *weneznom (lust, desire).
Origin
Proto-Italic
*weneznom
Gloss
lust, desire
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
欲
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- envenom English
- venomous English
- *invenenātus Latin
- *venīmen Latin
- *venīnu(m) Latin
- *venīnum Latin
- veneficus Latin
- venenifer Latin
- veneno Latin
- venenosus Latin
- venenum Latin
- venēnum Latin
- venēnōsus Latin
- veleno Italian
- veneno Spanish, Castilian
- venenoso Spanish, Castilian
- *wenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- veneno Portuguese
- venenoso Portuguese
- envenemyng Middle English
- envenimen Middle English
- envenymous Middle English
- venemosite Middle English
- venemous Middle English
- venemously Middle English
- venymen Middle English
- venymes Middle English
- venymoushede Middle English
- venymynge Middle English
- envenimer Old French
- venim Old French
- venimer Old French
- venin Old French
- veneno Esperanto
- veleno Galician
- venin Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- veninos Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- gwenwyn Welsh
- envenimeux Middle French
- virin Aromanian
- *wenesnom Proto-Italic
- *weneznom Proto-Italic
- venenu Asturian
- velen Friulian
- vełen Venetian
- venim xno
- venimus xno
- invelenuot Dalmatian
- vanen Istriot
- velen Piedmontese