Etymograph

English

venation

Venation comes from Latin vēna ‘vein’, and perhaps goes back to Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- ‘to bring, transport’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weǵʰ-1‘to bring, transport’uncertain
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēna2‘vein’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2017venation2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin vena
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English venation
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2017, Hanneke Meijer: “For instance, native plants in the Mascarenes developed several…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weǵʰ-Wiktionary, Latin vena‘to bring, transport’uncertain
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvēnaWiktionary, English venation‘vein’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2017venationWiktionary, English venation. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2017, Hanneke Meijer: “For instance, native plants in the Mascarenes developed several…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- ‘to bring, transport’

way, always, via, vehicle, wave, reveal, halfway, weigh, wee, vector, vogue, wagon, wedge, veil, headway, wag, eunuch, wonky, vex, wey, waw, wain, velar, invective, 39 more

through Latin vēna ‘vein’

vein, venous, venal, 2 more

Today it means

noun The arrangement of veins in a leaf, wing, or similar structure.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “venation”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin vena. 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 *weǵʰ- / venation

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