Etymograph

English

venatio

Venatio comes from Latin venatio ‘hunting, the chase, venery’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyh₁-1‘to chase, pursue’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēnor2‘to chase, hunt, pursue game/quarry’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvenatio3‘hunting, the chase, venery’
  4. Englishtodayvenatio3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin venor
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin venatio
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English venatio

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyh₁-Wiktionary, Latin venor‘to chase, pursue’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēnorWiktionary, Latin venatio‘to chase, hunt, pursue game/quarry’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvenatioWiktionary, English venatio‘hunting, the chase, venery’
  4. EnglishtodayvenatioWiktionary, English venatio

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- ‘to chase, pursue’

previous, obvious, virtual, inevitable, violent, virtue, voyage, trivial, convey, violation, trivia, vis, violate, vengeance, envoy, virtuous, deviant, virtuoso, deviation, wer, avenge, viaduct, ochre, vim, virile, vindication, virility, inviolable, virago, trivium, violator, obviate, 50 more

through Latin venatio ‘hunting, the chase, venery’

venison, 1 more

Today it means

noun The hunting and slaying of wild animals as a form of entertainment in Ancient Roman amphitheaters.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “venatio”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin venor, Latin venatio. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- / venatio

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