venim
Catalan
Verb
venim
- first-person plural present indicative form of venir
Middle English
Noun
venim
- Alternative form of venym
Old French
Alternative forms
- venin, velin
Etymology
From Latin venēnum, probably through a Vulgar Latin form *venīmen.
Noun
venim m (oblique plural venins, nominative singular venins, nominative plural venim)
- venom (poisonous substance from an animal)
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 196 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, line 2482:
- nuls nel puet del venim gartir
- no-one can cure him from the venom
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Descendants
- Middle English: venym (through Anglo-Norman)
- English: venom
- Middle French: venin
- French: venin