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

Descendants

Middle English: venym (through Anglo-Norman)
- English: venom
Middle French: venin
- French: venin

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